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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1125 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 1121 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED STANDING AND FLOWING WATER    

  IN INTERSECTIONS IN BIG SPRING.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE          

  METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS NEAR AND APPROACHING

  BIG SPRING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

  LOCATIONS...

  COAHOMA...

  VINCENT...

  BIG SPRING...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 3210 10169 3211 10118 3252 10118 3251 10168



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