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TXC043-291330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

537 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 531 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS BREWSTER COUNTY.

  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS AREAS 

  FROM NEAR ALPINE...AND SOUTHWARD ACROSS STATE HIGHWAY 118 AND U.S.

  HIGHWAY 385. HEAVY RAINS MOVING OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS WILL 

  LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...AND AREA CREEKS

  AND STREAMS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARATHON...

  ALPINE...

  STATE HIGHWAY 118...

  U.S. HIGHWAY 385...

  LAJITAS...

  TERLINGUA...

  STUDY BUTTE...



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.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW

WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO ARROYOS... DRAWS... AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL... EVEN FROM DISTANT STORMS... CAN CREATE

SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. MOVE UP TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER.



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

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 2924 10375 2903 10332 2924 10297 3026 10293

      3064 10344 3032 10378



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