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TXC135-061100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1205 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 1203 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ABOUT 

  17 MILES WEST OF ODESSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  ODESSA...

  WEST ODESSA...

  GOLDSMITH...



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 3208 10278 3208 10230 3166 10230 3166 10278



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