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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 040420

FFWMAF

NMC025-TXC003-165-041000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

915 PM MST SAT APR 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 400 AM MDT (500 AM CDT)



* AT 910 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN GAINES COUNTY

  CONTINUED TO REPORT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 214 SOUTH OF DENVER CITY

  CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN LEA COUNTY

  CONTINUED TO REPORT SEVERAL ROADS LEADING OUT OF EUNICE CLOSED

  DUE TO FLOODING AND HAIL. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

  WILL MOVE ACROSS GAINES...ANDREWS AND LEA COUNTIES...WHICH WILL

  CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLASH FLOODING. 



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

  FRANKEL CITY...FLOREY...THE FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY...CEDAR LAKE AND

  ASHMORE.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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

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



LAT...LON 3255 10369 3202 10370 3201 10307 3211 10309

          3210 10223 3293 10223 3294 10308 3355 10307

          3355 10369 3337 10369 3295 10373 3296 10378

          3255 10380



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 040420

FFWMAF

NMC025-TXC003-165-041000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

915 PM MST SAT APR 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 400 AM MDT (500 AM CDT)



* AT 910 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN GAINES COUNTY

  CONTINUED TO REPORT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 214 SOUTH OF DENVER CITY

  CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN LEA COUNTY

  CONTINUED TO REPORT SEVERAL ROADS LEADING OUT OF EUNICE CLOSED

  DUE TO FLOODING AND HAIL. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

  WILL MOVE ACROSS GAINES...ANDREWS AND LEA COUNTIES...WHICH WILL

  CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLASH FLOODING. 



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

  FRANKEL CITY...FLOREY...THE FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY...CEDAR LAKE AND

  ASHMORE.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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

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



LAT...LON 3255 10369 3202 10370 3201 10307 3211 10309

          3210 10223 3293 10223 3294 10308 3355 10307

          3355 10369 3337 10369 3295 10373 3296 10378

          3255 10380



$$

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