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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

529 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 518 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING ACROSS MUCH OF ECTOR

  COUNTY. WHILE MOST OF THE VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER

  THE PAST HOUR...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING

  FLOODING CONDITIONS IN ECTOR COUNTY...PARTICULARLY IN ODESSA AND

  WEST ODESSA. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES

  ALONG DIXIE STREET AND 42ND STREET. BROADCAST MEDIA ALSO REPORTS

  THAT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 80 ARE BEING CLOSED DUE TO 

  HIGH WATER NEAR ODESSA. 



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

  ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...NOTREES...GOLDSMITH AND GARDENDALE



DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN STORM RUNOFF. CULVERTS...DITCHES...

STORM DRAINS... SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE RAPID WATER

FLOW IS OBSERVED ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. CHILDREN CAN BE EASILY

SWEPT AWAY AND DROWN IN MOMENTS. STORM RUNOFF CAN ALSO CONTAIN

DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE HARMFUL IF CONTACTED OR SWALLOWED.



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

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

TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3166 10229 3165 10230 3165 10279 3166 10280

      3208 10280 3209 10279 3208 10229 3208 10228

TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 180DEG 0KT 3183 10250



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