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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

233 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RIO GRANDE BELOW THE RIO CONCHOS IN...

  PRESIDIO COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS.



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 220 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND COUNTY OFFICIALS CONTINUED

  TO INDICATE THAT THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY OF FAILURE OF THE RIO

  GRANDE LEVEES NEAR PRESIDIO. INTERESTS IN THESE AREAS NEED TO MOVE

  TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL

  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. SANDBAGGING EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY AS

  WATER OVERTOPPING THE LEVEES CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE PRESIDIO

  HIGH SCHOOL. 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER CONTINUE TO INUNDATE THE GOLF

  COURSE IN PRESIDIO. LOW LYING AREAS OF PRESIDIO HAVE BEEN

  EVACUATED.



* THIS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS BELOW THE RIO CONCHOS INCLUDING PRESIDIO

  AND REDFORD. IF YOU ARE IN THE LOW LYING AREAS BELOW THE

  RIO CONCHOS YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



FOLLOW EVACUATION INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY

OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. 



LAT...LON 2931 10398 2940 10415 2950 10421 2954 10431 2953 10434     

      2966 10450 2953 10419 2944 10411 2940 10403 2935 10390 2934    

      10380 2927 10380



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