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TXC377-101100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

302 AM CDT MON JUN 10 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PRESIDIO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 255 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL PRESIDIO COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES 

  NORTHEAST OF SHAFTER...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF MARFA.  MOVEMENT OF

  THESE STORMS IS EAST AT 15 MPH.  SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATED 

  UPWARDS OF 2 AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PRESIDIO COUNTY. 



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  MARFA...PRESIDIO...REDFORD...INDIO...ADOBES...SHAFTER...

  CANDELARIA...CASA PIEDRA...RYAN AND BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK



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

IN AUTOMOBILES.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL INUNDATE ROADS AND FARM AND RANCH LAND. WATER 

WILL RAPIDLY FILL NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS AND DRAWS.



FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HEAVY RAINFALL 

EVEN IN THE DISTANT...CAN CREATE SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF OVERTAKING 

PERSONS DOWNSTREAM.  CAMPERS AND OTHER RECREATIONALISTS SHOULD MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND NOW



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