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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1041 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT (1245 AM MDT)



* AT 1040 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER NORTHERN CULBERSON

  COUNTY. U.S. HIGHWAY 62/180 AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 652 WILL BE

  MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW

WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO ARROYOS... DRAWS... AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL... EVEN FROM DISTANT STORMS... CAN CREATE

SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. MOVE UP TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER.



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

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



LAT...LON 3136 10488 3138 10410 3200 10404 3199 10490



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