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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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National Weather Service
Midland/Odessa Weather Forecast Office
2500 Challenger Drive
Midland, Texas 79706 Webmaster