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TXC103-475-310530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

936 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 936 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS      

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF WARD     

  COUNTY...AND WERE MOVING INTO CRANE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE      

  MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  CORDONA LAKE...MONAHANS...PYOTE...ROYALTY...THE MONAHANS SANDHILLS

  STATE PARK...THE MONAHANS SANDHILLS ST...TUBBS CORNER AND WICKETT



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. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



LAT...LON 3163 10342 3146 10334 3140 10309 3140 10299

          3133 10281 3136 10264 3123 10240 3163 10234

          3165 10320



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