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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

331 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF WESTERN PECOS

  COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

  FALLEN OVER WESTERN PECOS COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF

  INTERSTATE 10. THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL MOVE SLOWLY

  NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN

  PECOS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING ON

  INTERSTATE 10 AND HIGHWAY 285 WEST OF 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.



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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3077 10356 3050 10318 3091 10292 3129 10265

      3124 10284 3129 10290 3136 10302



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