Alert: Flash Flood Warning issued June 27 at 12:03PM CDT expiring June 27 at 3:00PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX

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Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Midland/Odessa TX
Issued: 2016-06-27T13:33:33-04:00
Expires: 2016-06-27T15:33:33-04:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 3:00 PM CDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS…
EASTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS…

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 1200 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR OVER
EASTERN TERRELL COUNTY AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY.
SINCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THESE AREAS SINCE 10
AM…AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED…FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
SHEFFIELD…STATE HIGHWAY 349 BETWEEN DRYDEN AND SHEFFIELD AND
TERRELL COUNTY GAS PLANT.

THIS INCLUDES THE LOW WATER CROSSING ON STATE HIGHWAY 349 AT
INDEPENDENCE CREEK.
Instruction: TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Pecos; Terrell

Message Identifier: NWS-IDP-QA2016527133333
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – IPAWS Test