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TXC103-010315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

625 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A

  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF CRANE

  ALONG HIGHWAY 385. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY 

  STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS NORTHEAST CRANE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY

  RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 385 NORTH OF CRANE.



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

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

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 3164 10247 3145 10249 3141 10230 3165 10231



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