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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

552 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 550 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN 

DAWSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN 

GAINES COUNTY...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST DAWSON COUNTY BY 7 AM 

CDT. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY ALONG STATE ROUTE 137 NORTHWEST 

OF LAMESA...AND EVENTUALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 87 NORTH OF LAMESA. AREAS 

NEAR WELCH AND PUNKIN CENTER MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING. 



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 3294 10218 3271 10219 3272 10171 3294 10171



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