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TXC103-260530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

927 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 923 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EXTREME NORTHERN CRANE COUNTY...

  OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF ODESSA. THE STORMS WERE SLOWLY DRIFTING 

  SOUTH.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE FM 1601...FM 1233...AND U.S. HIGHWAY 

385 IN NORTHERN CRANE COUNTY.



RADAR ESTIMATES 2-3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN EXTREME 

NORTHERN CRANE COUNTY.



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE

FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



LAT...LON 3166 10267 3155 10267 3149 10234 3165 10233  

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