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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

133 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

  MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 128 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

  MOVING THROUGH MARTIN AND HOWARD COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS 

  ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR.  

  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.  MOTORISTS 

  ALONG INTERSTATE 20 WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS HEAVY RAINFALL...

  AND SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS.   



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  BIG SPRING...

  STANTON...

  SAND SPRINGS...

  COAHOMA...



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 3210 10118 3210 10219 3252 10219 3251 10119

      3245 10119 3243 10117



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