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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1240 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 330 AM CST



* AT 1230 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND        

  SATELLITE IMAGERY DETECTED A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS AND          

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHWARD INTO BREWSTER COUNTY FROM     

  NEAR LAJITAS TO AREAS SOUTH OF ALPINE. BURSTS OF INTENSE RAINFALL  

  WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE      

  EARLY MORNING HOURS OVER BREWSTER COUNTY.  



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. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

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



LAT...LON 2898 10330 2986 10239 3038 10313 3041 10374

      2923 10377



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