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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

553 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

  TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

  BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 551 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECED A LARGE AREA OF 

  RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST OF AN ALPINE TO

  FORT STOCKTON LINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BAKERSFIELD...CASTOLON...CHISOS BASIN...DRYDEN...GIRVIN...

  LONGFELLOW...MARATHON...PANTHER JUNCTION...PERSIMMON GAP...

  SANDERSON...SHEFFIELD...STUDY BUTTE...TERLINGUA...TERLINGUA RANCH

  LODGE...THE TERRELL GAS PLANT...MARSICAL CANYON AND RIO GRANDE

  VILLAGE



RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL RESULT IN FLASH

FLOODING OF ARROYOS...DRAWS...CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.



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

IN AUTOMOBILES. MOVE UP TO AVOID RISING WATERS.



LAT...LON 3004 10372 2920 10370 2897 10316 2987 10234

          2980 10176 3067 10180 3098 10202 3108 10242



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