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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

228 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.  THERE   

  ARE SEVERAL STORMS ACROSS JEFF DAVIS COUNTY AND ARE NEARLY         

  STATIONARY.  



* AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE FORT DAVIS...VALENTINE...AND TEXAS HIGHWAYS 

  118 AND 166.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 3066 10495 3108 10409 3067 10349 3042 10381

TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 180DEG 0KT 3068 10402



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