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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

742 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WINKLER COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT



* AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF         

  PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS EXTEND OVER MUCH OF THE     

  COUNTY AND ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...IF AT ALL...SO MANY LOCATIONS  

  WILL LIKELY RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE SAME AREA FOR A        

  PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KERMIT AND 

  WINK.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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. 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 3166 10334 3165 10280 3208 10280 3208 10305

      3199 10305 3199 10332



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