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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

325 PM 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 915 PM MDT



* AT 317 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING ALONG NEW MEXICO HIGHWAY 125 IN THE TATUM AREA WITH   4 

  TO 6 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.  ALSO ALONG HIGHWAY 82   

  EAST AND WEST OF LOVINGTON...WATER IS OVER THE ROAD IN SEVERAL   

  AREAS.  



HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAS ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO 

MANY OF THE HIGHWAYS ACROSS LEA COUNTY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS.  

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY WILL ALSO INCREASE 

THE RISK FOR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE 

FROM MALJAMAR TO HOBBS.  



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

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



LAT...LON 3202 10371 3202 10307 3357 10306 3356 10370

      3340 10370 3338 10375 3297 10374 3297 10379

      3253 10380 3254 10370



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