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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

708 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO AND DEVELOPING OVER

  GAINES COUNTY. DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS IN 

  THIS AREA ALONG WITH EXPECTED RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 1 INCH PER

  HOUR...FLASH FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IS EXPECTED. MOTORISTS TRAVELING 

  THROUGH THE CITIES OF SEAGRAVES AND SEMINOLE ALONG WITH LOW WATER

  CROSSINGS ARE URGED TO AVOID WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  SEAGRAVES...PAYNES CORNER...LOOP...HIGGINBOTHAM...CEDAR LAKE AND

  ASHMORE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 3294 10305 3295 10219 3253 10221 3252 10304

TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 180DEG 0KT 3272 10266



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