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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

608 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2008



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BREWSTER-PRESIDIO-

608 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN PRESIDIO AND SOUTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTIES...



AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED 

TO DETECT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER 

SOUTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY...IN 

ADDITION TO MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN 

CHIHUAHUA IN MEXICO. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE AS THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH... 

RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. SINCE FLOWS ON THE RIO GRANDE ARE   

ALREADY HIGH...RUNOFF FROM CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES WILL LIKELY   

RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING.   





LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TERLINGUA

RANCH LODGE...REDFORD...PRESIDIO...CASA PIEDRA AND BIG BEND RANCH

STATE PARK



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



LAT...LON 2925 10380 2927 10383 2927 10386 2934 10404

      2946 10423 2950 10425 2951 10431 2957 10441

      2979 10418 2948 10297 2899 10315



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