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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1221 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 415 AM CDT



* AT 1218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS

  MUCH OF TERRELL COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT MANY AREAS IN THE 

  COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN

  SINCE THURSDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE

  OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTY THROUGH

  200 AM CDT...WHICH WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OF

  CREEKS...STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW LYING AREAS.



* THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...

  SANDERSON...

  DRYDEN...

  THE TERRELL GAS PLANT...

  U.S. HIGHWAY 90...

  STATE HIGHWAY 349...

  FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2400...





BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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 2989 10233 3005 10257 3027 10259 3029 10237

      3059 10234 3065 10183 3063 10171 3029 10172

      3028 10174 2978 10175



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