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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

741 AM CDT FRI AUG 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 741 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF RED BLUFF

  TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOYAH...OR FROM 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF

  MENTONE TO 36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PECOS...AND WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BALMORHEA...PECOS...TOYAH...SARAGOSA...VERHALEN...ORLA...RED   

  BLUFF...THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HWY 285 AND SH 302 AND TOYAH LAKE.



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

IN AUTOMOBILES.



MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN UNDERPASSES...

INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL INUNDATE ROADS AND FARM AND RANCH LAND. DO NOT

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER

IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.

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