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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

300 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 245 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED CONTINUED ROAD CLOSURES 

  DUE TO FLASH FLOODING IN THE CITY OF FORT STOCKTON. AT 256 PM 

  CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF PECOS COUNTY...INCLUDING 

  FORT STOCKTON. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE FLOODING

  IN AND NEAR FORT STOCKTON. 



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.



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 3077 10307 3072 10265 3109 10246 3127 10284



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