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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
823 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RIO GRANDE BELOW THE RIO CONCHOS IN...
  PRESIDIO COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS.

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT SATURDAY

* AT 820 PM 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. FOLLOW
EVACUATION INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE 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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