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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1117 AM CDT MON SEP 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 515 PM CDT



* AT 1110 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER    

  NEAR ONE FOOT DEEP COVERING PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 180...FROM 4 MILES 

  EAST OF LAMESA TO 16 MILES EAST OF LAMESA. AT 1113 AM CDT...       

  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF        

  SHOWERS...WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING            

  NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH OVER DAWSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND     

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHWEST OVER THE COUNTY THROUGH 100 PM   

  CDT. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL  

  ACROSS DAWSON COUNTY.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3253 10218 3254 10171 3293 10170 3294 10217



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