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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

200 AM CDT MON SEP 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 145 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FARM

  ROAD 1757 IN NORTHWEST GAINES COUNTY HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO 

  FLOODING. STATE HIGHWAY 214 IN NORTHERN GAINES COUNTY ALSO HAS HIGH 

  WATER OVER THE ROADWAY IN SOME AREAS. AT 156 AM CDT...NATIONAL 

  WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY

  RAIN SHOWERS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF GAINES

  COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOOD

  POTENTIAL. 



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.



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 3253 10302 3255 10221 3294 10222 3295 10303



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