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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

411 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

  SOUTHWESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT



* AT 407 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     

  FLOODING AT BUSINESS 20 AND 1788 FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT           

  PREVIOUSLY MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN IS NOT      

  EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING IT MAY STILL TAKE        

  SEVERAL MORE HOURS FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE.



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

  ...EAST ODESSA...MISSION DORADO...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT VICINITY 



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL HAVE CLOSED BUSINESS 20 AND 1788.



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.



LAT...LON 3196 10195 3166 10194 3167 10239 3192 10240



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