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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1225 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 1211 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN 

  PART OF MIDLAND COUNTY. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM MIDLAND 

  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...TO THE CITY OF MIDLAND...TO NEAR GREENWOOD

  AND SPRABERRY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT

  AROUND 5 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES

  OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN SINCE 1115 PM JUST EAST OF THE MIDLAND

  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...AND NEAR SPRABERRY AND GREENWOOD. THESE

  HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW WATER

  CROSSINGS...DRAWS...CREEKS...STREAMS...AND CITY STREETS. 



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE

  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  MIDLAND...

  GREENWOOD...

  SPRABERRY...

  INTERSTATE 20...

  STATE HIGHWAY 158...

  FARM TO MARKET ROUTES IN NORTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY...



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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW

INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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 3193 10177 3184 10178 3185 10229 3209 10229

      3209 10184 3208 10178 3207 10178

TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 267DEG 7KT 3201 10186



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