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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
707 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 705 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UPWARDS OF 2.5
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN PARTS OF
MITCHELL COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY AFFECT THIS AREA THROUGH
THE MORNING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WESTBROOK...LORAINE...CUTHBERT AND COLORADO CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY
CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3251 10116 3251 10067 3211 10070 3210 10117
HLUCHAN
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