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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

224 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 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 223 AM 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.



* THE NEAREST DOWNSTREAM TOWN IS PRESIDIO...LOCATED ALONG THE LEVEES.

  THE COMMUNITY OF REDFORD IS APPROXIMATELY 16 MILES DOWNSTREAM OF

  THE LEVEE SYSTEM AND IS ALSO IN IMMINENT DANGER. IF YOU ARE IN THE

  LOW LYING AREAS NEAR OR BELOW THE LEVEES 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 2940 10418 2943 10419 2944 10421 2950 10425

      2952 10436 2957 10442 2967 10431 2948 10405

      2938 10415



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