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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

955 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 345 AM CDT



* AT 945 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT FLOODING    

  FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT IS MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTY.



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

  HIGGINBOTHAM...CEDAR LAKE...SEAGRAVES...AND ASHMORE.



LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THERE IS WATER OVER THE ROADS BETWEEN 

SEMINOLE AND SEAGRAVES AND FROM SEMINOLE TO DENVER CITY. TEX DOT HAS 

BEEN NOTIFIED AND IS EXPECTED TO EVALUATE THE ROAD CONDITIONS. NO 

FLOODING IS REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN SEMINOLE HOWEVER 

AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THERE TODAY AND THERE ARE LIKELY 

OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY THAT ARE FLOODED.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS...LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS.



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. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3294 10303 3294 10221 3253 10222 3253 10302



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