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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 030027

FFWMAF

TXC135-030330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

725 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  A THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOLDSMITH...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST      

  ODESSA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE  

  OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS ECTOR COUNTY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

  LOCATIONS...

  ODESSA...

  GARDENDALE...

  AND WEST ODESSA...



FLASH FLOODING IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOST WEATHER RELATED DEATHS 

EACH YEAR.  MOST FLASH FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE.  DO NOT 

DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.  TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT A VEHICLE.  

TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3167 10279 3168 10231 3208 10230 3207 10278



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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 030027

FFWMAF

TXC135-030330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

725 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  A THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOLDSMITH...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST      

  ODESSA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE  

  OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS ECTOR COUNTY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

  LOCATIONS...

  ODESSA...

  GARDENDALE...

  AND WEST ODESSA...



FLASH FLOODING IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOST WEATHER RELATED DEATHS 

EACH YEAR.  MOST FLASH FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE.  DO NOT 

DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.  TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT A VEHICLE.  

TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3167 10279 3168 10231 3208 10230 3207 10278



$$

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