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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

118 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 111 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF PECOS COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 

  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF PECOS COUNTY.

  AT 1235 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT WATER COVERED FM 1053

  10 MILES NORTH OF FORT STOCKTON AND HIGHWAY 18...13 MILES NORTH OF FORT 

  STOCKTON. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE THE 

  FLOODING SITUATION.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

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

  IMPERIAL...IRAAN...AND SHEFFIELD



NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROAD MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES.



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

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE

FLOOD DANGERS. 



LAT...LON 3076 10358 3135 10305 3124 10247 3096 10184

          3065 10181 3060 10236 3001 10254



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