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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

521 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 915 PM MDT



* AT 515 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS OCCURRING IN AND AROUND CARLSBAD.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...



                                                                     

   ARTESIA...AVALON...CARLSBAD...DAYTON...LOVING...MALAGA...OTIS



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES.



FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A 

FLOODED ROAD. THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT.



MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN UNDERPASSES...

INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS

FLOODED ROADWAYS



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE

FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



LAT...LON 3297 10380 3252 10371 3202 10372 3201 10484

          3296 10483



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