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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

608 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN

  MARTIN COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN FROM THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  BUFORD...

  FLOWER GROVE...

  STATE HIGHWAY 349...

  FARM ROAD 829...



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... LOW WATER CROSSINGS...

NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY.

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. 



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM CULVERTS... DITCHES... STORM DRAINS...AND

SWOLLEN CREEKS.



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 3225 10220 3224 10171 3251 10171 3251 10220



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