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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

850 PM MDT SUN JUN 17 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT



* AT 847 PM MDT/947 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS

  WERE MONITORING AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 

  FLASH FLOODING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 

  JAL ALONG THE TEXAS NEW MEXICO BORDER TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF JAL TO 8

  MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAL TO 13 MILES WEST OF JAL ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 

  128...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENTS ALONG 

  STATE HIGHWAY 128 WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE CONDITIONS WHERE 

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED THIS EVENING. 



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...

  JAL...

  BENNETT...

  STATE HIGHWAY 18...

  STATE HIGHWAY 128...

  RURAL SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS... CREEKS... AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY

CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3200 10306 3201 10353 3224 10354 3223 10306



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