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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1212 PM CST MON NOV 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 615 PM CST



* AT 1209 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED          

  FLOODING IN THE CITY OF MIDLAND WITH BARRICADES AT CARVER AND      

  SCHARBAUER. SHOWERS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE      

  THE COUNTY WITH RADAR INDICATING MORE RAIN MOVING UP FROM THE      

  SOUTH. THE RAINFALL TOTAL AT THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL             

  AIRPORT SINCE MIDNIGHT IS 1.12 INCHES AND IS REPRESENTATIVE OF     

  AMOUNTS ACROSS THE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS  

  POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS... AND LOW LYING FARMLAND IS LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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 3167 10228 3167 10180 3206 10180 3208 10230



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