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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

752 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

  CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

  PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT



* AT 747 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUBBS

  CORNER...THE MONAHANS SANDHILLS ST...ROYALTY...MONAHANS...

  IMPERIAL...GIRVIN...CRANE AND CORDONA LAKE



STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING NORTH INTO THE AREA WITH 

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING 

IN THE WARNED AREA.



DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN STORM RUNOFF. CULVERTS... DITCHES...

STORM DRAINS... SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE RAPID WATER

FLOW IS OBSERVED ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. CHILDREN CAN BE EASILY 

SWEPT AWAY AND DROWN IN MOMENTS. 



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 3082 10347 3032 10265 3071 10233 3161 10233

      3163 10298 3125 10303



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