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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
532 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.
* AT 532 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3050 10320 3067 10306 3056 10294 3038 10303
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
DAVID HENNIG
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