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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

840 AM MDT SUN SEP 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

  CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 230 PM MDT(330 PM CDT)



* AT 840 AM MDT (940 AM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER

  RADAR DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS

  LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF EDDY COUNTY NEW MEXICO AND OVER

  EASTERN PORTIONS OF CULBERSON COUNTY TEXAS. THIS LARGE AREA OF

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST

  AT 20 MPH OVER ALL OF EDDY AND CULBERSON COUNTIES.  FLOODING IN

  AND NEAR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING

  AND AFTERNOON.  



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS.. 

UNDERPASSES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS 

LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 3199 10491 3205 10483 3296 10483 3297 10380

      3253 10382 3252 10371 3202 10372 3200 10402

      3113 10410 3070 10490



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