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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

412 PM MDT SAT AUG 30 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

  NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT/1115 PM CDT/



* AT 408 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN INCREASING IN

  INTENSITY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. SINCE LAST NIGHT

  TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES HAVE INDICATED

  THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL

  FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITES

  CITY...SEVEN RIVERS...QUEEN...PINE SPRINGS.



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.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW

WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO ARROYOS... DRAWS... AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL... EVEN FROM DISTANT STORMS... CAN CREATE

SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. MOVE UP TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER.



LAT...LON 3294 10481 3293 10444 3218 10428 3186 10458

      3187 10486



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