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TXC043-220645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

953 PM CDT SAT AUG 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 946 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FROM NEAR ALPINE TO 10

  MILES TO NEAR THE PECOS AND BREWSTER COUNTY LINE ALONG HIGHWAY 67.

  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. RADAR

  ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ALONG 

  HIGHWAY 67 NORTHEAST OF ALPINE.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  HIGHWAY 67 IN NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY...



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3041 10379 3023 10378 3016 10337 3035 10301

      3064 10345



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