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WGUS54 KMAF 281404

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TXC329-282000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

900 AM CDT TUE SEP 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 854 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ACROSS OF MUCH OF SOUTHERN MIDLAND COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE

  SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH OR LESS AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF 

  PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR. 

  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH 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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3166 10228 3166 10179 3208 10179 3208 10229



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