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TXC135-020015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

413 PM CDT WED SEP 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 715 PM CDT



* AT 407 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED OVER A FOOT OF WATER COVERING  

  THE INTERSECTION OF 16TH AND HARLESS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE      

  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONE INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES FROM A    

  STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WESTERN PARTS OF ODESSA. THIS STORM   

  WAS MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY     

  DEVELOP IN THE AREA. LOCALIZED URBAN FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY   TO 

  CONTINUE THROUGH 530 PM CDT OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY      

  AND THE WEST ODESSA.



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 3166 10241 3200 10231 3190 10279 3167 10279



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