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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1142 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WINKLER COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 1137 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   

  A LINE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WINKLER COUNTY CAPABLE OF 

  PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOODING 

  WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES ASSOCIATED 

  WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR.  



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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3166 10333 3198 10333 3199 10331 3199 10307

      3201 10305 3208 10305 3208 10280 3208 10280

      3166 10280



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