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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

459 AM CDT WED OCT 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 457 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  CONTINUED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MIDLAND COUNTY...MOVING

  EAST AT 20 MPH.



AT 457 AM CDT...FLOODING OF CITY STREETS WAS STILL BEING REPORTED 

ACROSS THE CITY OF MIDLAND.  THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 158 AND 

INTERSTATE 20 WAS ALSO REPORTED TO BE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY COMPOUND CURRENT FLOOD PROBLEMS ACROSS 

MIDLAND COUNTY. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO 

RECOGNIZE 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 10229 3208 10228 3208 10178 3166 10177



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