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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

718 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CORDONA LAKE...OR  9 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF CRANE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM

  IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE OVER AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL VERY

  QUICKLY OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES

  OF RAIN.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

  LOCATIONS...

  CRANE...



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 3109 10230 3108 10239 3112 10242 3121 10243

      3125 10251 3127 10259 3130 10263 3133 10267

      3129 10273 3130 10276 3165 10277 3166 10231



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