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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 301415

FFWMAF

TXC135-301715-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

912 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT



* AT 910 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF

  EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WEST ODESSA...

  ODESSA...AND GARDENDALE. LOCAL NEWS MEDIA REPORTS THAT UP TO ONE

  QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL WITHIN 5 MINUTES OVER THE CITY OF

  ODESSA AT 905 AM CDT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY 

  THROUGH 1000 AM. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...AND

  GARDENDALE.



FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CITY STREETS...BAR DITCHES...

AND CULVERTS IS LIKELY. 



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. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO 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 3167 10258 3168 10230 3210 10226 3208 10255



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 301415

FFWMAF

TXC135-301715-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

912 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT



* AT 910 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF

  EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WEST ODESSA...

  ODESSA...AND GARDENDALE. LOCAL NEWS MEDIA REPORTS THAT UP TO ONE

  QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL WITHIN 5 MINUTES OVER THE CITY OF

  ODESSA AT 905 AM CDT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY 

  THROUGH 1000 AM. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...AND

  GARDENDALE.



FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CITY STREETS...BAR DITCHES...

AND CULVERTS IS LIKELY. 



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. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO 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 3167 10258 3168 10230 3210 10226 3208 10255



$$

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