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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

958 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF                

  VALENTINE...OR   ABOUT 31 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VAN HORN...MOVING     

  EAST AT 10 MPH.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF     

  RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF JEFF DAVIS COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON   

  EVENING.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING AND MOVING INTO WESTERN JEFF   

  DAVIS COUNTY...WHICH WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  FORT DAVIS...



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.



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.



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 3065 10495 3108 10414 3098 10382 3067 10346

          3046 10371 3041 10391



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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 160300

FFWMAF

TXC243-389-160600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

958 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF                

  VALENTINE...OR   ABOUT 31 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VAN HORN...MOVING     

  EAST AT 10 MPH.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF     

  RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF JEFF DAVIS COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON   

  EVENING.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING AND MOVING INTO WESTERN JEFF   

  DAVIS COUNTY...WHICH WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  FORT DAVIS...



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.



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.



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 3065 10495 3108 10414 3098 10382 3067 10346

          3046 10371 3041 10391



$$

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