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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

847 PM 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 AM CDT FRIDAY



* AT 845 PM CDT...EXTREMELY HIGH FLOWS ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE CONTINUE 

  AS A RESULT OF RELEASES OUT OF LUIS LEON RESERVOIR.  THESE RELEASES 

  ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WHICH WILL KEEP RIVER 

  LEVELS ELEVATED.  DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF WATER PASSING THROUGH 

  THE LEVEE SYSTEM...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF LEVEE FAILURE WITHOUT 

  WARNING.  INDIVIDUALS IN THE PRESIDIO AND REDFORD AREAS...NEED TO 

  CONTINUE MONITORING RIVER CONDITIONS FOR POTENTIAL FAILURE AND BE 

  PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



FOLLOW EVACUATION INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY

OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. 



LAT...LON 2940 10418 2943 10419 2944 10421 2950 10425

      2952 10436 2957 10442 2967 10431 2948 10405

      2938 10415



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