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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

458 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF WESTERN GAINES

  COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OR RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN

  OVER PARTS OF WESTERN GAINES COUNTY...PARTICULARLY ALONG STATE HIGHWAY

  214...AND FARM ROADS 2055 AND 1757. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS       

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THESE SAME AREAS FROM LEA

  COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST

  AT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  HIGGINBOTHAM...

  STATE HIGHWAY 214...

  HIGHWAY 62 180...

  FARM ROADS 2055 AND 1757...



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...NORMALLY 

DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE 

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3294 10304 3252 10304 3253 10269 3296 10268



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