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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1051 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  BANDS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTH AT 15 TO 20

  MPH ACROSS MUCH OF MITCHELL AND SCURRY COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES

  THAT 1.50 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MOST OF BOTH 

  COUNTIES THIS EVENING...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 

  INCHES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY AS ADDITIONAL BANDS

  OF HEAVY RAIN MOVE NORTH OVERNIGHT. 



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE

  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  SNYDER...

  COLORADO CITY...

  HERMLEIGH...

  FLUVANNA...

  WESTBROOK...

  LORAINE...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...BAR DITCHES...CULVERTS...CITY 

STREETS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS THIS EVENING. 



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS 

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS 

WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT 

TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.



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.



LAT...LON 3208 10067 3209 10117 3292 10119 3295 10117

      3297 10065

TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 161DEG 17KT 3239 10104



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