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WGUS54 KMAF 152157

FFWMAF

TXC243-160100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

454 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT      

  DAVIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT  

  OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF JEFF DAVIS COUNTY  

  THIS AFTERNOON.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING AND MOVING INTO WESTERN 

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...WHICH WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...



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

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... LOW WATER CROSSINGS...

NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY.

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND DRAWS...ROADS

AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES

IN STEEP TERRAIN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MIDLAND.



LAT...LON 3055 10451 3064 10497 3110 10410 3067 10346

          3046 10371 3041 10391



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 152157

FFWMAF

TXC243-160100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

454 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT      

  DAVIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT  

  OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF JEFF DAVIS COUNTY  

  THIS AFTERNOON.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING AND MOVING INTO WESTERN 

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...WHICH WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...



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

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... LOW WATER CROSSINGS...

NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY.

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND DRAWS...ROADS

AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES

IN STEEP TERRAIN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MIDLAND.



LAT...LON 3055 10451 3064 10497 3110 10410 3067 10346

          3046 10371 3041 10391



$$

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