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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1145 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 530 AM CDT



* AT 1130 PM CDT...FLOOD WATERS REMAIN HIGH AT THE SHORT CANYON NEAR

  WILD ROSE PASS. SEVERAL PERSONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED STRANDED...AND

  A HELICOPTER RESCUE MAY BE NECESSARY ON MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT        

  FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE TO 

  RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...WHICH MAY AGGRAVATE THE FLASH 

  FLOOD THREAT.   



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW

WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO ARROYOS... DRAWS... AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL... EVEN FROM DISTANT STORMS... CAN CREATE

SUDDEN FLOWS CAPABLE OF OVERTAKING CAMPERS AND HIKERS. MOVE UP TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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

OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3065 10495 3042 10391 3047 10375 3066 10347

      3110 10410



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