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WGUS54 KMAF 161620

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TXC135-161915-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1120 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 215 PM CDT



* AT 1116 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS 

  CONTINUED TO MONITOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

  PERSISTENTLY DEVELOPING OVER ECTOR COUNTY.  MODERATE TO HEAVY

  RAINFALL FROM THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS RESULTING IN 

  ODESSA...AND SURROUNDING AREAS.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...PENWELL...NORTH COWDEN...GOLDSMITH AND 

  GARDENDALE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 3206 10263 3206 10231 3168 10231 3168 10262



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