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WGUS54 KMAF 280520

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TXC377-281000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1220 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PRESIDIO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 1210 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

  TWO THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER      

  PRESIDIO COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING  

  IN THE VICINITY OF PRESIDIO ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 67 AND FARM TO      

  MARKET ROAD 169. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND HEAVY     

  RAINFALL IS INCREASING ALONG FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2810 AND U.S.     

  HIGHWAY 90 WEST OF MARFA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY RESULT IN      

  FLASH FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF MARFA BY 3 AM CDT.



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.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE...AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY

AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3057 10491 2983 10456 2954 10431 2934 10404 2931 10382     

      3036 10382



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