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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

523 AM CDT WED MAY 9 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 930 AM CDT



* AT 522 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS

  ECTOR AND MIDLAND COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THIS ACTIVITY 

  MAY QUICKLY PRODUCE BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN

  PER HOUR. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE

  FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...BAR DITCHES...LOW WATER

  CROSSINGS...CITY STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...MIDLAND...GREENWOOD...GOLDSMITH 

  AND GARDENDALE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 3166 10278 3167 10178 3208 10178 3207 10277



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