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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

855 PM 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 300 AM MDT



* AT 850 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ONE

  LANE BARRICADED ON HIGHWAY 82 IN LOVINGTON DUE TO FLOODING. 

  IN ADDITION MANY LOCAL ROADS WERE STILL REPORTED FLOODED IN 

  LEA COUNTY. AT 850 MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL DECREASING 

  IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS LEA COUNTY...HOWEVER 

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF

  THE COUNTY...NORTH OF HIGHWAY 62/180. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

  COMBINED WITH THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY

  WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS LEA COUNTY.



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 OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3204 10367 3204 10313 3273 10310 3353 10308

      3354 10372 3275 10372



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