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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

947 PM MDT WED AUG 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT



* AT 942 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 7 MILES 

  SOUTHWEST OF CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF 

  TATUM...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  CROSSROADS...

  GLADIOLA...



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... 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.



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

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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 3356 10370 3338 10369 3339 10374 3297 10374

      3296 10378 3254 10380 3251 10307 3356 10306



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