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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED


FLASH FLOOD WARNING


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX


441 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A





* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...


  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...





* UNTIL 745 PM CDT





* AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   


  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND PRODUCING


  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. RADAR


  ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS


  PORTIONS OF JEFF DAVIS COUNTY SINCE 300 PM CDT. ADDITIONAL 


  HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS 


  THUNDERSTORMS MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MPH. MANY


  LOCATIONS IN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS OVER


  THE PAST FEW DAYS...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE


  THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.





EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND DRAWS...ROADS


AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES


IN STEEP TERRAIN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.





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 3064 10498 3040 10383 3065 10344 3110 10411





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