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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

925 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 1230 PM MDT



* AT 924 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND CARLSBAD   

  AND QUEEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.



* THE FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ADDITIONAL HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO 

TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR 

FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 3250 10383 3252 10372 3202 10373 3204 10481

      3295 10479 3295 10382

TIME...MOT...LOC 1525Z 355DEG 11KT 3211 10414



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