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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1034 PM CDT TUE AUG 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 230 AM CDT



* AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL PECOS 

  COUNTY ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON.  THE STORM           

  PRODUCING FLASH  FLOODING IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH AND         

  HAS PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES 

  THIS EVENING ALONG HIGHWAY 385 SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON. 



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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3035 10294 3050 10248 3072 10253 3068 10305



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