

000 

WGUS54 KMAF 231353

FFWMAF

TXC377-231945-

/O.NEW.KMAF.FF.W.0088.080923T1353Z-080923T1945Z/

/00000.3.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

853 AM CDT TUE SEP 23 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



* AT 848 AM CDT...LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT 

  OF TRANSPORTATION CONTINUED TO REPORT FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 

  170 SOUTHEAST OF PRESIDIO TO NEAR LAJITAS. THE RELEASES 

  FROM THE LUIS LEON RESERVOIR ARE SLOWLY DECREASING BUT ARE 

  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INDEFINITELY. WITH ELEVATED FLOWS CONTINUING 

  THROUGH THE LEVEE SYSTEM...THE POSSIBILITY OF FAILURE WITHOUT

  WARNING CONTINUES. 



* 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



$$

