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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

438 PM MDT TUE SEP 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 830 PM MDT



* AT 430 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

  IN EUNICE. AT 434 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER

  RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH

  LEA COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

  FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY NEAR EUNICE. ADDITIONAL

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THESE SAME AREAS WILL AGGRAVATE THE 

  FLOODING POTENTIAL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  EUNICE...

  HOBBS...

  TATUM...



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM CULVERTS...DITCHES...STORM DRAINS...AND

SWOLLEN CREEKS.



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 3349 10367 3203 10368 3222 10310 3355 10305



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