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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

649 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF SANDERSON PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.

  THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS

  PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED OVER DRYDEN...WITH OTHER 

  THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. THE

  MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.



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.



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

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



LAT...LON 2992 10231 2984 10206 2984 10179 3034 10178

      3062 10171 3058 10234 3026 10233 3025 10252

      3005 10247



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