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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

137 PM CST FRI APR 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 430 PM CST



* AT 134 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  FLASH FLOODING JUST EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF SNYDER...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

  THE MIDWAY COMMUNITY AND HUDD.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 PM CST.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY

AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN



TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 5 9 7 3 2 2 0.



LAT...LON 3253 10084 3252 10117 3295 10116 3295 10099

          3295 10066 3253 10067



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