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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

417 PM MDT SUN AUG 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 715 PM MDT



* AT 414 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MCDONALD TO LOVINGTON  

  TO HOBBS AND EUNICE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH 

  AND WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR.

  

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 3240 10334 3232 10307 3329 10308 3327 10355

      3274 10358



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