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TXC003-010115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

418 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 415 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED MINOR FLOODING BEGINNING IN    

  THE CITY OF ANDREWS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR        

  DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2    

  INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS ANDREWS COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS   

  OCCURRING ALONG STATE ROUTE 115 FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE    

  HIGHWAY 181 TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDREWS. THESE STORMS WERE    

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



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.



LAT...LON 3251 10222 3211 10224 3211 10303 3250 10304



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