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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

505 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BORDEN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 500 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHWEST       

  BORDEN COUNTY...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GAIL. THIS ACTIVITY IS       

  SLOWLY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT   

  PARTS OF WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED UP TO 3 INCHES OF     

  RAINFALL IN RECENT DAYS...SO GROUNDS ARE ALREADY SATURATED. FLASH  

  FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1054 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 

  180 IN WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY.



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 3255 10169 3254 10120 3292 10120 3293 10166



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