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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1131 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

  MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 1127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING ODESSA AND MIDLAND.  THESE STORMS

  ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING

  ACROSS ECTOR AND MIDLAND COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS ARE LOCATED 21 MILES 

  WEST OF GOLDSMITH...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...

  ODESSA...

  MIDLAND...

  

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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3170 10273 3170 10189 3203 10180 3204 10277



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