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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

834 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON 

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN

  IN THIS AREA FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING

  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  SPARENBERG...

  ACKERLY...

  HIGHWAYS 87 AND 137...



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 OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3270 10186 3253 10195 3252 10172 3269 10169



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