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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

244 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RIO GRANDE BELOW THE LUIS LEON DAM ON

  THE RIO CONCHOS IN...

  PRESIDIO COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS.



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 244 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 2953 10429 2951 10429 2954 10436 2957 10441

      2958 10438 2953 10429



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