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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

628 PM CDT THU OCT 7 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF JEFF DAVIS

  COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY

  HIGHER AMOUNTS...HAS ALREADY FALLEN ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 118 NORTH

  OF FORT DAVIS. AT 620 PM CDT...AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL

  REPORTED THAT RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WAS BEGINNING TO PRODUCE

  FLOODING IN SPOTS ACROSS NORTHERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. IN 

  ADDITION...PEA SIZED HAIL WAS COVERING THE ROAD NEAR THE MCDONALD

  OBSERVATORY.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND DRAWS...ROADS

AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES

IN STEEP TERRAIN. 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 3104 10410 3081 10443 3052 10419 3041 10384

      3066 10349



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