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TXC003-165-082200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1104 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

  ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 1101 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE      

  WATCHING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM DENVER CITY...TO   

  SEMINOLE...TO FRANKEL CITY...BACK TOWARDS JAL...THAT ARE CAPABLE 

  OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  

  AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS HAVE REPORTED THAT THE BAR DITCHES ARE 

  FULL AND BEGINNING TO FLOW ALONG ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS.  



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  SEAGRAVES...

  SEMINOLE...

  FRANKEL CITY...

  ANDREWS..



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY WHICH COULD INCREASE THE 

POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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 10305 3209 10222 3294 10220 3293 10303



$$





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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 081610

FFWMAF

TXC003-165-082200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1104 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

  ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 1101 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE      

  WATCHING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM DENVER CITY...TO   

  SEMINOLE...TO FRANKEL CITY...BACK TOWARDS JAL...THAT ARE CAPABLE 

  OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  

  AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS HAVE REPORTED THAT THE BAR DITCHES ARE 

  FULL AND BEGINNING TO FLOW ALONG ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS.  



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  SEAGRAVES...

  SEMINOLE...

  FRANKEL CITY...

  ANDREWS..



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY WHICH COULD INCREASE THE 

POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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 10305 3209 10222 3294 10220 3293 10303



$$





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