

000 

WGUS54 KMAF 020025

FFWMAF

TXC043-371-020315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

722 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

  BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 

IMPERIAL...TO FORT STOCKTON...TO MARATHON AND DOWN TO LAJITAS AND 

THE CHISOS BASIN OF BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...

  FORT STOCKTON...

  IMPERIAL...

  MARATHON...

  BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3135 10301 3078 10354 3068 10343 3039 10376

      2924 10374 2907 10340 2901 10314 2973 10271

      2986 10235 3005 10259 3031 10258 3030 10239

      3068 10239 3067 10180 3091 10190 3110 10243

      3125 10253



$$





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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 020025

FFWMAF

TXC043-371-020315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

722 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

  BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 

IMPERIAL...TO FORT STOCKTON...TO MARATHON AND DOWN TO LAJITAS AND 

THE CHISOS BASIN OF BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...

  FORT STOCKTON...

  IMPERIAL...

  MARATHON...

  BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3135 10301 3078 10354 3068 10343 3039 10376

      2924 10374 2907 10340 2901 10314 2973 10271

      2986 10235 3005 10259 3031 10258 3030 10239

      3068 10239 3067 10180 3091 10190 3110 10243

      3125 10253



$$





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