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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1130 AM CDT THU OCT 7 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 1120 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE

  ENTIRE LENGTH OF FM 1776 IN NORTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTY REMAINS 

  CLOSED FROM HIGH WATER.  RUNOFF FROM THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS 

  MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO POSE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG AND

  NEAR FM 1776 THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.



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 3096 10340 3090 10302 3130 10288 3136 10303



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