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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
215 AM CDT SUN SEP 21 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 215 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.  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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR
LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 2940 10418 2943 10419 2944 10421 2950 10425
      2952 10436 2957 10442 2967 10431 2948 10405
      2938 10415

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