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WGUS54 KMAF 290033

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TXC227-290230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

730 PM CDT MON APR 28 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 727 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE STORM WITH 

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF BIG       

  SPRING...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BIG SPRING...KNOTT...LUTHER...SAND SPRINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...AND     

  ELBOW.



RAINFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM 

AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND NORMALLY DRY OR LOW 

RUNNING CREEKS IS EXPECTED. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. 

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3244 10165 3220 10168 3217 10151 3218 10125

          3240 10124 3246 10147



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