

000 

WGUS54 KMAF 150642

FFWMAF

TXC103-135-150945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

140 AM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

  NORTHERN CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 137 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD ALONG THE ECTOR

  AND CRANE COUNTY LINE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING SLOWLY NORTH

  TOWARD ODESSA...WHILE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER

  CENTRAL CRANE COUNTY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING

  NEAR TWO INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR.  



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

  ODESSA...PLEASANT FARMS...PENWELL AND ODESSA



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. 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 3138 10276 3135 10231 3195 10230 3186 10278

      3168 10278 3165 10276



$$

