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WGUS54 KMAF 011913

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TXC243-012300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

212 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 209 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN

  AND EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE FALLING

  NORTH OF THE MCDONALD OBSERVATORY...AND ABOUT 10 MILES EAST

  OF FORT DAVIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT LESS

  THAN 10 MPH. 



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT 

  STATE HIGHWAY 17...STATE HIGHWAY 118...THE CITY OF FORT

  DAVIS...AND SURROUNDING LOW AND HILLY TERRAIN AREAS OF 

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY TRIGGER ROCK 

AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. 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 3109 10412 3071 10445 3041 10382 3067 10345



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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 011913

FFWMAF

TXC243-012300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

212 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 209 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN

  AND EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE FALLING

  NORTH OF THE MCDONALD OBSERVATORY...AND ABOUT 10 MILES EAST

  OF FORT DAVIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT LESS

  THAN 10 MPH. 



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT 

  STATE HIGHWAY 17...STATE HIGHWAY 118...THE CITY OF FORT

  DAVIS...AND SURROUNDING LOW AND HILLY TERRAIN AREAS OF 

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY TRIGGER ROCK 

AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. 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 3109 10412 3071 10445 3041 10382 3067 10345



$$

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