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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

733 PM CDT FRI OCT 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 733 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDENDALE

  TO 9 MILES EAST OF PLEASANT FARMS...OR FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF

  MIDLAND TO 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ODESSA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  SPOTTERS IN ODESSA REPORTED LOW-LYING ROADS FLOODING UP TO 2 AND   

  1/2 FEET WITH RUNOFF.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  COTTON FLAT...GARDENDALE...GOLDSMITH...GREENWOOD...MIDLAND...

  MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIR...MISSION

  DORADO...NORTH COWDEN...NOTREES...ODESSA...PENWELL...PLEASANT

  FARMS...SPRABERRY...VALLEY VIEW...WARFIELD AND WEST ODESSA



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROAD. THE

ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT.



MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN UNDERPASSES...

INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS

FLOODED ROADWAYS



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE

FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



LAT...LON 3166 10177 3166 10278 3208 10278 3208 10178  

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