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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

300 AM MDT MON SEP 27 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 253 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN 

  AND EASTERN LEA COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THE HEAVIER SHOWERS

  ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH PER

  HOUR. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LEA 

  COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 500 AM MDT. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

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

  WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL 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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3243 10334 3260 10306 3351 10307 3354 10367



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