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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

817 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

  SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED     

  AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE ALPINE AREA AND     

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS NORTHEAST OF ALPINE.



THIS AREA HAD HEAVY RAIN EARLIER TODAY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS 

EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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

WATER CROSSINGS 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 3056 10379 3075 10359 3029 10294 2985 10344

      2985 10377



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