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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 220305

FFWMAF

TXC109-220600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1001 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT/MIDNIGHT MDT/



* AT 955 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN

  CULBERSON COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED HOURLY RAINFALL

  RATES NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ALONG WITH 

  VERY HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS EVENING WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL

  FOR FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE

  SPRINGS...STATE HIGHWAY 54...FARM TO MARKET ROADS 652 AND 1108.



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.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW

WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO ARROYOS... DRAWS... AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL... EVEN FROM DISTANT STORMS... CAN CREATE

SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. MOVE UP TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER.



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 3135 10410 3120 10488 3198 10489 3198 10402

TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 180DEG 0KT 3158 10442



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 220305

FFWMAF

TXC109-220600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1001 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT/MIDNIGHT MDT/



* AT 955 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN

  CULBERSON COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED HOURLY RAINFALL

  RATES NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ALONG WITH 

  VERY HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS EVENING WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL

  FOR FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE

  SPRINGS...STATE HIGHWAY 54...FARM TO MARKET ROADS 652 AND 1108.



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.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW

WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO ARROYOS... DRAWS... AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL... EVEN FROM DISTANT STORMS... CAN CREATE

SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. MOVE UP TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER.



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 3135 10410 3120 10488 3198 10489 3198 10402

TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 180DEG 0KT 3158 10442



$$

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