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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

507 AM MDT SUN SEP 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 900 AM MDT



* AT 459 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 

LARGE BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH 

ACROSS MUCH OF LEA COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT MANY AREAS HAVE 

RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN SINCE 2 AM MDT...WITH 

ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVING BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN. 

MANY OF THESE SAME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SINCE 

FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER 

THESE SAME LOCATIONS THROUGH AT LEAST 630 AM MDT...WITH ANOTHER 

ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  HOBBS...

  EUNICE...

  JAL...

  LOVINGTON...

  TATUM...

  HIGHWAY 62 180...

  HIGHWAY 82...



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

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

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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.



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... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3204 10373 3201 10308 3349 10307 3340 10367



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