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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

337 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN HALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 336 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  LOCALIZED BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN HALE COUNTY. RAINFALL  

  RATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE FALLING AS              

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUALLY TRACK EASTWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 70 AND OVER 

  THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW...WHERE THE WEST TEXAS MESONET RECORDED 1.30 

  INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A THIRTY MINUTE PERIOD AROUND MIDNIGHT.      

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH          

  FLOODING THROUGH 5 AM.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE

  PLAINVIEW...HALFWAY...U.S. HIGHWAY 70...AND INTERSTATE 27.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3428 10206 3411 10207 3401 10157 3429 10159



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