

000 

WGUS54 KMAF 300325

FFWMAF

TXC115-317-300615-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1021 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

  MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 1017 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTH AT 25 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF 

  MARTIN AND DAWSON COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 

  2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF BOTH 

  COUNTIES THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN 

  INCH WILL LIKELY AGGRAVATE FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND

  STREAMS...AREA ROADS...AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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

  PUNKIN CENTER...PRIDE...LAMESA...KEY...HANCOCK...GRANDVIEW AND

  ARVANA



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.



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 3209 10221 3210 10170 3294 10169 3293 10218



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 300325

FFWMAF

TXC115-317-300615-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1021 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

  MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 1017 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTH AT 25 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF 

  MARTIN AND DAWSON COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 

  2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF BOTH 

  COUNTIES THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN 

  INCH WILL LIKELY AGGRAVATE FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND

  STREAMS...AREA ROADS...AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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

  PUNKIN CENTER...PRIDE...LAMESA...KEY...HANCOCK...GRANDVIEW AND

  ARVANA



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.



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 3209 10221 3210 10170 3294 10169 3293 10218



$$

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