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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

939 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 934 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING

  EXITING SOUTHEAST MITCHELL COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING

  HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY BY 1000 PM AND WILL

  AFFECT AREAS THAT ALREADY RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS

  EVENING.  



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  COLORADO CITY...CUTHBERT...LORAINE AND WESTBROOK



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. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A ROADWAY THAT IS COVERED WITH 

WATER...TURN AROUND AND TRY TO FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



LAT...LON 3251 10115 3214 10117 3212 10067 3251 10071



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