

000 

WGUS54 KMAF 252159

FFWMAF

TXC043-260100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

454 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 454 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS       

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BIG BEND   

  NATIONAL PARK.  MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT               

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE    

  COUNTY IS LIKELY IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  SATELLITE ESTIMATES       

  INDICATE SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE 2-3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER  

  THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ALPINE...ALTUDA...CASTOLON...CHISOS BASIN...MARATHON...PANTHER

  JUNCTION...PERSIMMON GAP...STUDY BUTTE...TERLINGUA...TERLINGUA

  RANCH LODGE AND RIO GRANDE VILLAGE



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

IN AUTOMOBILES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL INUNDATE ROADS AND FARM AND RANCH LAND. DO NOT

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER

IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.



FLOODING IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HEAVY

RAINFALL...EVEN IN THE DISTANT...CAN CREATE SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF

OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW



WATER WILL RAPIDLY FILL NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS AND DRAWS. CAMPERS AND

OTHER RECREATIONALISTS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW



LAT...LON 2926 10378 3039 10376 3065 10345 2973 10222

          2974 10267 2919 10295 2898 10328



$$  

