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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

746 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT



* AT 741 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN HOWARD

  COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THESE

  AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS BETWEEN VINCENT AND LUTHER.

  

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  VINCENT...COAHOMA...SAND SPRINGS...FORSAN...INTERSTATE 20 THROUGH

  EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY.



MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN UNDERPASSES...

INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 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. 



LAT...LON 3249 10146 3212 10147 3210 10119 3251 10120LAT...LON 3249 10146 3212 10147 3210 10119 3251 10120



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