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WGUS54 KMAF 090139

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TXC329-090300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

836 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 836 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN MIDLAND 

  COUNTY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF MIDLAND...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

  WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 5 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROAD NEAR 

  COUNTY ROAD 270.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  HIGHWAY 349 IN SOUTHERN MIDLAND COUNTY.



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL INUNDATE ROADS AND FARM AND RANCH LAND. DO NOT

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER

IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE

FLOOD DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



LAT...LON 3183 10214 3166 10213 3166 10178 3184 10179



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