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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

108 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT



* AT 106 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

  ACROSS THE WARD COUNTY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING 

  RAINFALL AT A RATE OF 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR.  THIS ACTIVITY

  WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  WICKETT...

  MONAHANS...

  PYOTE..

  THE MONAHANS SANDHILLS STATE PARK...

  CRANE...



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 3139 10303 3137 10315 3139 10322 3143 10326

      3145 10347 3158 10351 3160 10349 3164 10356

      3164 10230 3109 10231 3109 10238



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