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WGUS54 KLUB 151742

FFWLUB

TXC189-151945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

1241 PM CDT SUN OCT 15 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



* AT 1235 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER UP 

  TO THE HOODS OF CARS AT THE UNDERPASS OF I-27 IN HALE CENTER.

  EXCESSIVE PONDING OF WATER ON INTERSTATE 27 HAS CAUSED             

  SEVERAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS BETWEEN HALE CENTER AND PLAINVIEW.



* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE PLAINVIEW AND

  HALE CENTER.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3427 10190 3403 10194 3391 10178 3401 10157

      3431 10158 3430 10182



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