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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1139 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 1136 PM CDT...ECTOR COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT       

  FLOODING IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN ODESSA. PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED IN    

  THEIR VEHICLES AT THE INTERSECTION OF 42ND AND DIXIE...WITH WATER  

  COVERING DIXIE STREET TO 31ST STREET. WATER WAS ALSO COVERING THE  

  ROADS AT 22ND AND WEST COUNTY...AND ON UNIVERSITY STREET BETWEEN   

  DIXIE AND ANDREWS.  



* AT 1139 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO       

  HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER THE CITY OF ODESSA...WITH LITTLE TO 

  NO MOVEMENT INDICATED.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  GARDENDALE...GOLDSMITH...NORTH COWDEN...ODESSA...PENWELL 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE

FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



LAT...LON 3170 10276 3171 10236 3204 10232 3205 10275



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