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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

752 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 1045 PM MDT



* AT 740 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 

  6 INCHES TO ONE FOOT OF WATER ACROSS SEVERAL STREETS IN THE CITY OF

  ARTESIA. AT 750 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT

  15 MPH ACROSS NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO

  TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ACROSS

  THE WARNED AREA. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  ARTESIA...HOPE...AND NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS

  NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



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 3295 10482 3296 10416 3245 10434 3241 10481

TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 180DEG 0KT 3271 10451



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