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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

857 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 245 PM MDT



* AT 855 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS OVER A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LEA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF

  LOVINGTON...HOBBS...MALJAMAR...AND HALFWAY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS

  WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE

  TO PRODUCE FLOODING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING AND INTO

  THE 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 3356 10305 3201 10307 3202 10371 3252 10369

      3253 10380 3277 10380 3297 10379 3298 10373

      3339 10374 3341 10370 3357 10370



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