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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1215 AM CST SUN APR 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 515 AM CDT



* AT 1200 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

  OVER FARM TO MARKET ROAD 869 BETWEEN INTERSTATE 20 AND HIGHWAY 17.

  FM 869 IS CLOSED BETWEEN THESE TWO HIGHWAYS...AND THE INTERSECTION 

  BETWEEN FARM TO MARKET ROAD 869 AND HIGHWAY 17 IS FLOODED AND 

  IMPASSABLE.  



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  VERHALEN...TOYAVALE...TOYAH LAKE...TOYAH...ORLA AND BALMORHEA.



AT 1200 AM CST FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2903 BETWEEN TOYAH AND 

BALMORHEA WAS STILL FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS NEW 

DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS TAKING PLACE SOUTHWEST OF REEVES 

COUNTY AT THIS TIME...AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS.  



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



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

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



LAT...LON 3112 10409 3079 10360 3135 10307 3136 10322

          3141 10330 3143 10350 3157 10354 3173 10370

          3173 10380 3199 10400



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