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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

730 AM CDT THU OCT 7 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 728 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM RECENT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NEAR ODESSA.  AT 720 AM...

  REPORTS STILL INDICATED NUMEROUS STREETS STILL UNDER WATER ACROSS

  MANY LOW LYING AREAS.  IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN THREAT...

  MORE RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.



LAT...LON 3208 10278 3208 10230 3166 10230 3166 10278



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