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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1100 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS REISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT(345 PM MDT)



* AT 1045 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO GAINES...ANDREWS...

  AND LEA COUNTIES. THESE AREAS WERE INUNDATED WITH HEAVY RAINS IN THE

  EARLY MORNING HOURS AND ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL LEAD TO MORE FLOODING 

  AND FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS ARE LOCATED FROM NEAR JAL...TO HOBBS...

  TO HIGGINBOTHAM. MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



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

  FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY...SEMINOLE...PAYNES CORNER...OIL CENTER...

  MONUMENT...LOVINGTON...KNOWLES...JAL...HUMBLE CITY...

  HIGGINBOTHAM...FRANKEL CITY...FLOREY...EUNICE...BUCKEYE AND

  RURAL AREAS OF WEST ANDREWS 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. 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.



LAT...LON 3311 10351 3204 10364 3205 10309 3212 10315

          3213 10293 3215 10239 3237 10239 3290 10232

          3293 10293



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