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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1006 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 200 PM CDT



* AT 1014 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE 

MONITORING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING.  THESE STORMS ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 

FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDENDALE TO MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL 

AIRPORT TO NEAR PLEASANT FARMS AND ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...

  MIDLAND...

  COTTON FLAT...

  VALLEY VIEW...

  GREENWOOD...

  SPRABERRY...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS... URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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. STORM RUNOFF CAN ALSO CONTAIN

DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE HARMFUL IF CONTACTED OR SWALLOWED.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW

INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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 3208 10229 3188 10229 3166 10229 3166 10178

      3208 10178



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