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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1033 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 430 PM CDT



* AT 1022 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY         

  MANAGERS NEAR FORT STOCKTON.  EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVIEST

  WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY...

  THE THREAT FOR CONTINUED HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE

  THROUGHOUT THE DAY.  



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

  SHEFFIELD...LONGFELLOW...IRAAN...IMPERIAL...HOVEY...GIRVIN...

  COYANOSA...BELDING AND BAKERSFIELD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA AS STORMS REDEVELOP WEST OF PECOS 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 3076 10358 3140 10299 3119 10274 3140 10267

          3107 10238 3095 10184 3066 10182 3061 10238

          3029 10238 3029 10257 3007 10259



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