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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

842 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

  SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

  EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM SEVERAL HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

CURRENT RADAR TRENDS CONTINUE TO SHOW EXTENSIVE BACKBUILDING OF 

INDIVIDUAL PRECIPITATION CELLS...ULTIMATELY LEADING TO CONTINUED 

HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD. 1 

HOUR DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UP TO 2 

INCHES IS FALLING PER HOUR UNDER THE MOST CONCENTRATED ACTIVITY. 



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

  GAS PLANT AND SANDERSON



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND.



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 2986 10267 3040 10244 3029 10217 3041 10185

      3059 10165 3041 10172 2983 10224 2987 10232

      2985 10235 2977 10237 2975 10239



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