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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

600 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 555 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS OCCURRING IN TERRELL COUNTY FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE     

  CLAUDETTE.  RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN      

  PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS.  MORE RAINFALL IS  

  EXPECTED THIS EVENING.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  DRYDEN...SANDERSON AND THE TERRELL GAS PLANT



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE

FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



LAT...LON 3008 10257 3027 10260 3026 10237 3055 10237

          3066 10165 3034 10167 3031 10176 2977 10176

          2978 10212



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