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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

836 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 825 PM CDT...GAINES COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT

  FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 83...9 MILES WEST OF 

  SEAGRAVES. FLASH FLOODING ALSO CONTINUED TO RESULT IN HIGH WATER 

  OVER THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 62/385...AND 183 IN SEAGRAVES. 

  AT 830 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER 

  EASTERN GAINES COUNTY. RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY 

  RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT A FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 3254 10295 3254 10222 3294 10222 3294 10296



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