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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

747 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT



* AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING NORTHWEST MIDLAND       

  COUNTY...OR ABOUT NEAR ODESSA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  RADAR      

  ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 1 INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR IS FALLING FROM  

  THE HEAVIER STORMS.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  WARFIELD...

  MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...

  MIDLAND...

  COTTON FLAT...

  VALLEY VIEW...

  GREENWOOD...

  SPRABERRY...



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES...NOTABLY LOOP 250 AND WADLEY...LOW WATER CROSSINGS... 

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.



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.  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 3166 10229 3208 10228 3208 10178 3166 10177

      3166 10177



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