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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

914 AM MDT MON SEP 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 315 PM MDT



* AT 900 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY   

  82...3 MILES WEST OF LOVINGTON...IS STILL CLOSED. AT 911 AM        

  MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA     

  OF SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20       

  MPH AND PRODUCING RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE HALF INCH PER          

  HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD           

  POTENTIAL ACROSS NORTHERN LEA COUNTY.



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 OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

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



LAT...LON 3289 10372 3284 10307 3355 10306 3355 10368

      3339 10369 3335 10373



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