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WGUS54 KMAF 272230

FFWMAF

TXC243-280130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

528 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT     

  DAVIS...OR  10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALPINE...MOVING VERY SLOWLY      

  NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  STATE HIGHWAY 118 IN SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 NOW.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY

AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



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

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



LAT...LON 3065 10496 3042 10390 3041 10380 3067 10346

      3110 10410



$$



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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 272230

FFWMAF

TXC243-280130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

528 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT     

  DAVIS...OR  10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALPINE...MOVING VERY SLOWLY      

  NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  STATE HIGHWAY 118 IN SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 NOW.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY

AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



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

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



LAT...LON 3065 10496 3042 10390 3041 10380 3067 10346

      3110 10410



$$



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