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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

259 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

  NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 745 AM CDT



* AT 240 AM CDT...THE PECOS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE CONTINUED TO 

  REPORT FLASH FLOODING IN THE COMMUNITY OF SHEFFIELD...WHERE 

  SEVERAL MOTORISTS WERE STILL REPORTED TO BE STRANDED IN HIGH

  WATERS. AT 248 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  CONTINUED TO DETECT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST

  RAIN WAS FALLING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 AND NORTH OF FARM TO

  MARKET ROAD 2400...WHERE RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER

  HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. 



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

  AND IRAAN



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AND FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY 

CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PECOS COUNTY AND NORTHERN TERRELL 

COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF IRAAN AND SHEFFIELD...AS 

WELL STATE HIGHWAY 349 AND FM 2400 IN TERRELL COUNTY.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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.



LAT...LON 3042 10174 3035 10167 3030 10177 3019 10176

      3020 10275 3100 10220 3098 10209 3100 10205

      3098 10197 3091 10188 3071 10181 3065 10175

      3064 10168 3056 10165



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