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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

901 AM MDT SUN JUL 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 300 PM MDT



* AT 855 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     

  FLOODING IN DARK CANYON. REPORTS INDICATED THAT MOTORISTS WERE     

  STRANDED ON THE HOODS OF THEIR VEHICLES. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED

  TO INDICATE AND AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN

  AND SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY

  AFTERNOON AND WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. 



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

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

ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY

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



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3203 10481 3203 10377 3260 10381 3258 10481



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