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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 190128

FFWMAF

TXC335-190430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

827 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLAR RADAR DETECTED 

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF

  MITCHELL COUNTY.  ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY

  RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM.  RADAR ESTIMATES

  THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF MITCHELL 

  COUNTY SINCE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL

  AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL.



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

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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

SWOLLEN CREEKS.



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 3250 10116 3212 10118 3211 10088 3210 10071

      3252 10069



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KMAF 190128

FFWMAF

TXC335-190430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

827 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLAR RADAR DETECTED 

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF

  MITCHELL COUNTY.  ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY

  RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM.  RADAR ESTIMATES

  THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF MITCHELL 

  COUNTY SINCE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL

  AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL.



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

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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

SWOLLEN CREEKS.



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 3250 10116 3212 10118 3211 10088 3210 10071

      3252 10069



$$

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