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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

814 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 215 PM CDT MONDAY



* AT 810 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 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. 



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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