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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

350 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 645 AM CDT



* AT 350 AM CDT...THE ALPINE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED WATER

  OVER THE ROADWAYS IN ALPINE. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF

  MARATHON. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF

  PANTHER JUNCTION. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ALPINE...CHISOS BASIN...MARATHON...PANTHER JUNCTION...STUDY

  BUTTE...PERSIMMON GAP...ALTUDA AND TERLINGUA RANCH  LODGE



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.



FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HEAVY

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

OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW



LAT...LON 3040 10378 2930 10379 2914 10348 2901 10320

          2946 10286 2976 10269 2988 10236 3065 10345  

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