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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

640 AM MDT SUN SEP 9 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 1045 AM MDT



* AT 635 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  ACROSS MUCH OF LEA COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...

  ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL.

  RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR WILL BE 

  POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST AROUND 10 MPH.

  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TATUM...

  CAPROCK...MALJAMAR...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...HOBBS...U.S. HIGHWAY

  62 180 AND STATE HIGHWAY 176.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 3355 10369 3355 10307 3201 10307 3203 10370

      3255 10369 3255 10379 3294 10377 3295 10372

TIME...MOT...LOC 1240Z 180DEG 0KT 3263 10326



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