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WGUS54 KMAF 250635

FFWMAF

TXC165-251030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

133 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 131 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS ACROSS MUCH

  OF GAINES COUNTY. AT 125 AM CDT...GAINES COUNTY EMERGENCY 

  MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF SEMINOLE.

  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY 

  NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH ACROSS GAINES COUNTY THROUGH 300 AM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAIRVIEW...

  SEMINOLE...SEAGRAVES...PAYNES CORNER...LOOP...HIGGINBOTHAM...CEDAR

  LAKE AND ASHMORE



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.



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.



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 3295 10222 3252 10221 3252 10240 3251 10242

      3251 10304 3294 10305



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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 250638

FFWMAF

TXC115-251030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

133 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 131 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS

  MUCH OF DAWSON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THIS ACTIVITY MAY QUICKLY

  PRODUCE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. EXCESSIVE 

  RUNOFF WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...

  BAR DITCHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...CITY STREETS AND OTHER 

  LOW LYING AREAS.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WELCH...

  PUNKIN CENTER...SAND...LAMESA...U.S. HIGHWAY 180 AND STATE ROUTE

  137. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3294 10219 3294 10171 3254 10171 3253 10218



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