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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1148 PM MDT WED SEP 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 545 AM MDT



* AT 1140 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

  A LINE OF SHOWERS OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  MOVING ACROSS LEA COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL RATES IN

  EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE ACCOMPANYING SOME OF THESE 

  THUNDERSTORMS. THE GROUNDS REMAIN SATURATED ACROSS LEA COUNTY FROM

  HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE FALLEN THE PAST FEW DAYS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY

  RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...

  ROADS...UNDERPASSES...AND URBAN AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  CROSSROADS...

  TATUM...

  MALJAMAR...

  LOVINGTON...

  HALFWAY...

  HOBBS...

  EUNICE...



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 10371 3202 10310 3356 10308 3354 10371

      3278 10377 3255 10374 3240 10370



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