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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1151 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

  DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT



* AT 1147 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE

  MONITORING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE CAPABLE

  OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND 

  NORTHEASTERN PERMIAN BASIN.  HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

  THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...FURTHER WORSENING THE FLASH 

  FLOODING CONDITIONS.  



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  LAMESA...

  SNYDER...

  BIG SPRING...

  MOST OF RURAL SCURRY...DAWSON...AND HOWARD COUNTIES...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



FOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN TEXAS...PLEASE CALL THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION AT 1 800 452 9292...OR VISIT HTTP://WWW.DOT.STATE.TX.US



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

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



LAT...LON 3254 10067 3252 10119 3212 10118 3210 10151

      3211 10169 3251 10166 3252 10121 3272 10116

      3274 10118 3276 10168 3254 10170 3254 10218

      3295 10218 3296 10170 3276 10168 3274 10118

      3295 10116 3296 10066



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