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TXC227-051100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

155 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 155 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS   

  PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL HOWARD   

  COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BIG SPRING...COAHOMA...ELBOW...FAIRVIEW...KNOTT...LOMAX...LUTHER...

  SAND SPRINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...VEALMOOR AND VINCENT



MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN UNDERPASSES... 

INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...SINCE IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO 

RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



LAT...LON 3210 10118 3209 10168 3251 10167 3251 10119



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