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      WGUS54 KMAF 291751
FFWMAF
TXC377-300000-
/O.EXT.KMAF.FF.W.0096.000000T0000Z-080930T0000Z/
/00000.U.DR.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1251 PM CDT MON SEP 29 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 700 PM CDT

* AT 1250 PM CDT...A DAM FLOODGATE RELEASE FROM THE LUIS
  LEON RESERVOIR INTO THE RIO CONCHOS IN MEXICO CONTINUED TO RESULT
  IN ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS THROUGH THE LEVEES DOWNSTREAM ON THE
  RIO GRANDE AT PRESIDIO. ALTHOUGH THE RELEASE RATE HAS DECREASED...
  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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