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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1225 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 1223 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19

  MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAKERSFIELD TO 49 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  BAKERSFIELD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  BAKERSFIELD TO 26 MILES EAST OF MARATHON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10

  MPH. RAINFALL RATES WERE MORE THAN AN INCH AN HOUR.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

  LOCATIONS...

  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...

  US HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 442 AND 456...



MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED

IN THE LAST 5 HOURS.



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 3044 10238 3031 10279 3081 10278 3100 10214

      3099 10199 3094 10191 3085 10185 3071 10180

      3067 10177 3067 10214 3061 10214 3060 10237



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