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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

435 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

  EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT/630 PM MDT/



* AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  HOBBS AND HIGGINBOTHAM



HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING OUT OF THE HOBBS AREAS INTO THE HIGGINBOTHAM 

AREA WHERE VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL EARLIER. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS... URBAN AND RURAL AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS 

AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3294 10323 3295 10265 3263 10271 3254 10302

      3243 10331



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