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WGUS54 KMAF 041638

FFWMAF

TXC135-042030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1131 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 1123 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF NOTREES...OR

  ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONAHANS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



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

  GOLDSMITH...WEST ODESSA...NORTH COWDEN AND GARDENDALE.



A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS SLOWLY MOVING INTO ECTOR COUNTY AT

THIS TIME.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND WILL

LIKELY CAUSE STREET FLOODING.



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 3208 10278 3208 10230 3166 10230 3166 10278



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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 041638

FFWMAF

TXC135-042030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1131 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 1123 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF NOTREES...OR

  ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONAHANS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



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

  GOLDSMITH...WEST ODESSA...NORTH COWDEN AND GARDENDALE.



A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS SLOWLY MOVING INTO ECTOR COUNTY AT

THIS TIME.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND WILL

LIKELY CAUSE STREET FLOODING.



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 3208 10278 3208 10230 3166 10230 3166 10278



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