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TXC135-010430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

835 PM CDT THU SEP 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 833 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS ECTOR COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE

  MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  WEST ODESSA...

  ODESSA...

  PENWELL...

  

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 3168 10278 3167 10229 3207 10231 3207 10279



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