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WGUS54 KMAF 010003

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TXC227-010300-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

703 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHWESTERN

  HOWARD COUNTY...FROM FAIRVIEW SOUTHEAST TO 10 MILES WEST OF BIG

  SPRING. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BIG SPRING...LUTHER...AND

  FAIRVIEW.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 3229 10168 3245 10158 3252 10146 3236 10131

      3214 10140 3212 10168



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