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WGUS54 KMAF 070924

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TXC115-071230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

424 AM CDT THU OCT 7 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 420 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

  RAINFALL TOTALS APPROACHING 2 INCHES DURING THE LAST HOUR NEAR LAMESA. 

  IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER DAWSON 

  COUNTY THROUGH 500 AM. FLASH FLOODING IN LAMESA AND IN SURROUNDING 

  AREAS IS LIKELY.



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 3253 10169 3253 10219 3295 10219 3295 10168



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