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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

618 PM CDT SAT SEP 27 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 1215 AM CDT



* AT 614 PM CDT...A DAM FLOODGATE RELEASE FROM THE LUIS LEON DAM     

  INTO THE RIO CONCHOS IN MEXICO CONTINUED TO RESULT IN ELEVATED     

  RIVER LEVELS THROUGH THE LEVEES DOWNSTREAM ON THE RIO GRANDE AT    

  PRESIDIO. THIS RELEASE HAS DECREASED...THOUGH ELEVATED RIVER       

  LEVELS THROUGH THE LEVEE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE FOR THE IMMEDIATE    

  FUTURE.



* 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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