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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

523 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 521 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A

  THUNDERSTORM EARLIER IN THE EVENING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...

  FORT STOCKTON...

  U.S. 385...SOUTH OF THE CITY OF FORT STOCKTON...

  U.S. 285...SOUTH OF THE CITY OF FORT STOCKTON...



AT 523 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC IN FORT STOCKTON REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

WAIST DEEP IN A RUN-OFF AREA IN THE CITY FROM A STORM THAT HIT THE 

CITY ABOUT ONE HOUR AGO.  IN ADDITION...DOWNED POWER LINES IN THE 

AREA...COUPLED WITH THE FLOODING...IS HINDERING RESCUE EFFORTS.

 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF THE CITY. 

WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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

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



LAT...LON 3044 10294 3046 10269 3098 10261 3094 10314



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