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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

620 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN COCHRAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 620 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN OVER NORTHWESTERN COCHRAN COUNTY...FROM 5 TO 10 MILES WEST OF 

  MORTON TO 5 MILES NORTH OF MORTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY

  AND HAS LIKELY PRODUCED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 430 PM   

  AND 615 PM. THE COCHRAN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED WATER  

  OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 596 IN NORTHWESTERN COCHRAN COUNTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 3382 10303 3382 10282 3370 10282 3367 10303

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