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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

829 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 825 PM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED WATER OVER ROADS IN THE

  TOWN OF HIGGINBOTHAM. THE SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED RAINFALL RATES

  OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR OCCURRING ACROSS WESTERN GAINES COUNTY. 

  AT 825 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH

  OF GAINES COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 180

  NEAR HIGGINBOTHAM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL

  FLASH FLOODING.   



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

IN AUTOMOBILES.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROAD. THE

ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT.



LAT...LON 3255 10304 3254 10223 3292 10221 3293 10277

          3292 10303



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