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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

511 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME EASTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

  EASTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 508 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR SHEFFIELD

  AND SOUTHWARD ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 349 IN EASTERN TERRELL COUNTY.

  AT 505 PM CDT...THE SHEFFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED WATER 

  COVERING THE ROAD IN SHEFFIELD. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY

  RAINS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...

  STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...CITY STREETS...AND OTHER LOW

  LYING AREAS.



* HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT...

  SHEFFIELD...

  THE TERRELL GAS PLANT...

  STATE HIGHWAY 349...



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.



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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3083 10200 2999 10221 3000 10178 3035 10175

      3047 10172 3064 10167 3065 10176 3071 10177

      3087 10187



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