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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

631 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS 

  SOUTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING

  ALONG HIGHWAY 137 SOUTH OF BIG LAKE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIG LAKE...

  BEST...HIGHWAY 137 SOUTH OF BIG LAKE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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 3126 10164 3136 10129 3111 10129 3111 10162



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