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WGUS54 KMAF 071029

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TXC371-071430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

529 AM CDT THU OCT 7 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 523 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FARM 

  TO MARKET ROAD 1776 WAS BEING CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. PORTIONS

  OF THE HIGHWAY WERE COMPLETELY SUBMERGED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF  

  U.S. HIGHWAY 285...13 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON.

  

* AT 527 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING OVER THE 

  THE AFFECTED AREAS.



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.



LAT...LON 3078 10354 3030 10268 3056 10239 3075 10194

      3135 10303



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