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Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

000
WGUS54 KMAF 250459
FFWMAF
TXC335-250900-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0061.160925T0459Z-160925T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1159 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 1155 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM THE SOUTH. IT IS
  ESTIMATED THAT AROUND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.
  THERE WERE EARLIER REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING ALONG AND AROUND
  HIGHWAY 208 SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  COLORADO CITY...VALLEY VIEW...LORAINE...
  LAKE COLORADO CITY STATE PARK...COLORADO CITY AIRPORT...
  CHAMPION CREEK RESERVOIR...LAKE COLORADO CITY...
  BUFORD AND US-84 NEAR THE NOLAN-FISHER COUNTY LINE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3209 10114 3252 10091 3252 10066 3209 10067

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