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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1124 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 1122 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF

  MITCHELL COUNTY...INCLUDING COLORADO CITY AND STATE HIGHWAYS 163

  AND 208. LOCAL STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED MINOR STREET FLOODING

  IN COLORADO CITY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

  RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR WILL MOVE

  NORTHEAST ACROSS MITCHELL COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WESTBROOK...LORAINE...CUTHBERT...COLORADO CITY AND INTERSTATE 20.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WHICH COULD INCREASE 

THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 3210 10116 3210 10068 3251 10067 3251 10117



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