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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

753 PM MDT TUE OCT 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT



* AT 750 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EAST OF TATUM TO 

  SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  THIS ACTIVITY IS 

  PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF MORE THAN 1 INCH PER HOUR.  THIS 

  ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO LEA COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.  

  FLASH FLOODING WILL RESULT AS THESE STORMS MAKE THEIR WAY 

  THROUGH LEA COUNTY.  



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. 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 3356 10305 3201 10307 3202 10371 3252 10369

      3253 10380 3277 10380 3297 10379 3298 10373

      3339 10374 3341 10370 3357 10370



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