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WGUS54 KMAF 270039

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TXC243-270430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

739 PM CDT SUN SEP 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 725 PM CDT...FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS REPORT FLASH             

  FLOODING CONTINUING ACROSS THE COUNTY FROM HEAVY RAINFALL THAT

  FELL EARLIER TODAY. OLYMPIA CREEK HAS FLOODED HIGHWAY 118          

  BETWEEN FORT DAVIS AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS STATE PARK. HIGHWAY 17  

  IS FLOODED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 118 AND 17. WATER     

  THERE IS FLOWING 200 YARDS WIDE AND 6 FEET DEEP. IN ADDITION...    

  SEVERAL PERSONS REMAINED TRAPPED AT SHORT CANYON NEAR WILD ROSE    

  PASS.



RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. 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.



LAT...LON 3063 10495 3066 10494 3110 10412 3067 10345 3041 10380     

      3041 10390



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