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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 132235

FFWMAF

TXC043-140130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

531 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

  WARNED AREA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONERY ACROSS    

  BREWSTER COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  MARATHON...  

  ALPINE...

  BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK...

  U.S. HIGHWAY 385...

  AND U.S. HIGHWAY 90 BETWEEN ALPINE AND LONGFELLOW...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL 

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... LOW WATER CROSSINGS...

NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. 

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.



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 2927 10378 2900 10321 2975 10268 2988 10234

      3065 10344 3040 10377



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 132235

FFWMAF

TXC043-140130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

531 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

  WARNED AREA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONERY ACROSS    

  BREWSTER COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  MARATHON...  

  ALPINE...

  BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK...

  U.S. HIGHWAY 385...

  AND U.S. HIGHWAY 90 BETWEEN ALPINE AND LONGFELLOW...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL 

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... LOW WATER CROSSINGS...

NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. 

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.



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 2927 10378 2900 10321 2975 10268 2988 10234

      3065 10344 3040 10377



$$

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