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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

453 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

  BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 450 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER EASTERN 

  PECOS AND BREWSTER COUNTIES. THIS RAINFALL AND RUNOFF FROM HEAVY   

  RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. THE       

  GREATEST THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL BE ALONG U.S. HIGHWAYS 285 AND   

  385 IN SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY...AND ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 90 IN        

  NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY.  



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

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



LAT...LON 3133 10303 3077 10352 3068 10341 3040 10378

      2902 10317 2997 10254 3017 10266 3065 10238

      3075 10189



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