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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

612 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT



* AT 607 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN PECOS COUNTY...MOVING         

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



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

  STOCKTON...GIRVIN.



SATELLITE AND RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF OVER 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAVE BEEN DETECTED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS IN PECOS COUNTY.  THIS 

RAINFALL...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN PECOS COUNTY THIS MORNING.  



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ALSO REPORTED WATER UP TO THE INTERIOR 

FLOOR OF THEIR VEHICLES.  



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 3077 10358 3008 10259 3029 10259 3029 10238

          3062 10239 3061 10215 3067 10215 3067 10180

          3092 10191 3099 10202 3099 10220 3111 10245

          3122 10246 3125 10254 3129 10268 3126 10284

          3132 10291 3136 10301



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