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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1232 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 430 PM CST



* AT 1224 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT   

  FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2230 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING NORTH   

  OF BIG SPRING. 



HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON HAVE RESULTED IN THIS 

FLOODING.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT HOUR WILL CONTRIBUTE TO 

ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.  



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE  

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 3211 10154 3209 10155 3209 10168 3251 10167

      3251 10119 3245 10119 3243 10117 3210 10118



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