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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

213 AM CDT MON SEP 22 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 815 AM CDT



* AT 210 AM CDT...MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG THE RIO 

  GRANDE RIVER AS A RESULT OF PERSISTENT RELEASES FROM LUIS LEON 

  RESERVOIR IN MEXICO.  THESE RELEASES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING 

  THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WHICH WILL KEEP RIVER LEVELS ELEVATED...IF NOT 

  ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FROM PRESIDIO DOWNSTREAM THROUGH LAJITAS.  DUE TO 

  THE HIGH VOLUME OF WATER PASSING THROUGH THE LEVEE SYSTEM...THE 

  POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT ONE OR MORE LEVEES COULD FAIL.  RESIDENTS IN 

  THE PRESIDIO AND REDFORD AREAS NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR RIVER 

  CONDITIONS FOR POTENTIAL LEVEE FAILURE AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER 

  GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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

  THE COMMUNITY OF REDFORD IS APPROXIMATELY 16 MILES DOWNSTREAM OF   

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



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  FLOOD WATERS ARE 

USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR.  JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS 

POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD.  WHEN ENCOUNTERING 

FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

      2952 10436 2957 10442 2967 10431 2948 10405

      2938 10415



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