

000 

WGUS54 KMAF 120432

FFWMAF

TXC043-120930-

/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0060.080912T0432Z-080912T0930Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1132 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  A LARGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN

  BREWSTER COUNTY. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR HOVEY...TO

  ALPINE AND MARATHON...AND SOUTHWARD TO NEAR LAJITAS AND CASTOLON.

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL LIKELY 

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

  CROSSINGS...AS WELL AS URBAN AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THE SHOWERS 

  AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

 



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

  LOCATIONS...

  ALPINE...

  MARATHON...

  LAJITAS...

  U.S. HIGHWAYS 67 AND 90...

  STATE HIGHWAY 118...



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.



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.



LAT...LON 2927 10378 3040 10379 3066 10343 3030 10297

      2926 10341



$$



000 

WGUS54 KMAF 120432

FFWMAF

TXC043-120930-

/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0060.080912T0432Z-080912T0930Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1132 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  A LARGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN

  BREWSTER COUNTY. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR HOVEY...TO

  ALPINE AND MARATHON...AND SOUTHWARD TO NEAR LAJITAS AND CASTOLON.

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL LIKELY 

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

  CROSSINGS...AS WELL AS URBAN AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THE SHOWERS 

  AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

 



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

  LOCATIONS...

  ALPINE...

  MARATHON...

  LAJITAS...

  U.S. HIGHWAYS 67 AND 90...

  STATE HIGHWAY 118...



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.



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.



LAT...LON 2927 10378 3040 10379 3066 10343 3030 10297

      2926 10341



$$

