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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

928 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT



* AT 920 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A THUNDERSTORM NEAR PECOS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHWEST WARD

  COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THIS THUNDERSTORM

  HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.



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

  WICKETT...ROYALTY...THE MONAHANS SANDHILLS ST AND THE MONAHANS

  SANDHILLS STATE PARK.



THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL

THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING AS THIS STORM ENTERS

WARD COUNTY.



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 3139 10322 3145 10347 3164 10350 3165 10278

          3136 10293



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