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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

846 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 843 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A   

STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONAHANS. MOTORISTS REPORTED CURB TO 

CURB FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN MONAHANS WITH SOME LOCATIONS UNDER 2 FEET 

OF WATER. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES HOURLY 

RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.  



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...

  MONAHANS...

  WICKETT...

  INTERSTATE 20...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS... URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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

SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3146 10345 3138 10312 3140 10303 3130 10278

      3165 10278 3165 10350



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