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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
443 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2008

...RECORD FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE RIO GRANDE AT PRESIDIO...

.RESERVOIR RELEASES OUT OF LUIS LEON RESERVOIR WILL CONTINUE
INTO NEXT WEEK. THE WATER LEVEL AT THE RIVER GAGE AT PRESIDIO
INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE REMAINED ABOVE RECORD LEVELS SET IN 1978
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH CONSIDERABLE FLUCTUATIONS IN WATER LEVELS
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE GENERAL TREND IS FOR
THE RIVER LEVEL TO GRADUALLY LOWER THOUGH MAJOR FLOODING IS
ALREADY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK ALONG THE RIO
GRANDE FROM PRESIDIO DOWNSTREAM INTO BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. ANY
ADDITIONAL RELEASES OR RAINFALL IN THE BASINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE
FURTHER INCREASES IN RIVER LEVELS AND STRESS LEVEES.

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PRESIDIO VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PRESIDIO
443 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...
  PRESIDIO VALLEY.

* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* RESERVOIR RELEASES AT LUIS LEON ON THE RIO CONCHOS CONTINUE TO
  AFFECT RIVER LEVELS ON THE RIO GRANDE. ADDITIONAL RELEASES
  WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO STRESS LEVEES TO THEIR MAXIMUM
  LOADS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE SHOULD LEVEES FAIL.

* PORTIONS OF FM 170 REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ADDITIONAL
  LOW LAND FLOODING CAN BE ANTICIPATED AS RIVER LEVELS RISE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING.  FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

FOR ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND AND CLICK ON RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS ON
THE LEFT MENU BAR.

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