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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

239 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 645 AM CDT



* AT 236 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EXTENDING

  ACROSS MUCH OF CRANE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS DETECTED ALONG

  FARM TO MARKET ROUTES 1601 AND 1233 IN NORTHER CRANE COUNTY.      

  MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF

  UP TO 3 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. THESE VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL 

  LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...DRAWS...

  CREEKS...STREAMS...AND   LOW LYING AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  CRANE...

  U.S. HIGHWAY 385...

  STATE HIGHWAY 329...

  FARM TO MARKET ROUTES 1233 AND 1601...



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW 

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

NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 



LAT...LON 3108 10232 3108 10239 3121 10243 3127 10253

      3127 10259 3133 10266 3128 10273 3129 10276

      3165 10275 3164 10231

TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 180DEG 0KT 3144 10250



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