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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

850 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 245 PM CDT THURSDAY



* AT 841 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND COUNTY OFFICIALS CONTINUED

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

  RIO GRANDE LEVEES IN PRESIDIO. INTERESTS IN THESE AREAS NEED TO    

  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM     

  LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. SANDBAGGING EFFORTS CONTINUE 

  AS WATER OVERTOPPING THE LEVEES CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE 

  SOUTHERN PART OF PRESIDIO. 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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