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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

515 AM MDT TUE JUL 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 800 AM MDT



* AT 507 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR WHITES CITY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST

  OF CARLSBAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST

  EDDY COUNTY CONTINUE TO HAVE STANDING WATER AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

  WILL LIKELY CREATE FLASH FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 137 AND ROCKY ARROYO. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS... CREEKS... AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



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

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



LAT...LON 3252 10481 3202 10483 3203 10374 3251 10373

      3251 10383 3278 10384 3278 10482



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