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WGUS54 KMAF 310334

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TXC371-310630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1032 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 1032 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS      

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ENTERING PECOS COUNTY...MOVING       

  SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BAKERSFIELD...BELDING...COYANOSA...FORT STOCKTON...GIRVIN...

  IRAAN...LONGFELLOW AND SHEFFIELD



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 3078 10357 3133 10302 3119 10271 3105 10230

          3097 10186 3066 10182 3068 10238 3036 10262

          3008 10262



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