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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

524 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 510 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

  FLOODING BEGINNING TO OCCUR 18 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON ON 

  U.S. HIGHWAY 385. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 385 FROM MILE MARKER 469 TO 496

  IN THE LAST 2 TO 3 HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE U.S. HIGHWAY 385.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... LOW WATER CROSSINGS...

NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY.

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3082 10297 3068 10272 3022 10279 3050 10319

TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 180DEG 0KT 3058 10294



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