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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

947 PM CDT MON APR 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 942 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MITCHELL COUNTY.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO  

  MITCHELL COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH 1200 AM CDT. MOVEMENT     

  WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 

  INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE 

  WARNED AREA...WHICH MAY CAUSE EXTENSIVE FLOODING.



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

  COLORADO CITY...LORAINE...WESTBROOK...CUTHBERT.



TO REPORT FLOODING... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



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.



LAT...LON 3251 10119 3210 10118 3212 10069 3251 10068



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