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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

1050 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN PRESIDIO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

  A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE     

  SOUTH. RECENT SATELLITE INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT HOURLY RAINFALL   

  RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH  

  STORM TOTALS OF UP TO 3 INCHES BEING POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DURATION 

  OF THE EVENT. WITH RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION COUPLED 

  WITH CONTINUED RELEASES FROM THE LUIS LEON RESERVOIR IN NORTHERN   

  MEXICO...ADDITIONAL FLOODING ACROSS THE ALREADY SWOLLEN RIO GRANDE 

  RIVER IS LIKELY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHAFTER...

  RUIDOSA...OCHOA...CANDELARIA AND ADOBES



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS... CREEKS... AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3024 10470 3009 10379 2955 10379 2967 10384

      2977 10405 2941 10417 2950 10425 2952 10434

      2958 10444 2969 10455 2987 10463 2991 10469

      3002 10471



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