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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
847 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008

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BREWSTER-PRESIDIO-
847 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 840 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT
  FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG ROUTE 170 SOUTHEAST OF PRESIDIO.  THIS FLOODING 
  IS THE RESULT OF RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND TODAY ALONG WITH WATER RELEASES 
  FROM THE LUIS LEON RESERVOIR IN NORTHERN MEXICO.  THESE RELEASES HAVE
  RESULTED IN HIGH WATER LEVELS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER.  THE LATEST 
  REPORTS INDICATE THAT A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 170 REMAIN
  CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO HIGH WATER.  

HIGH WATER LEVELS ARE ALSO RESULTING IN BACK FLOW OF WATER UP 
VARIOUS TRIBUTARIES...INCLUDING ALAMITO CREEK...TO THE RIO GRANDE 
RIVER...HELPING TO CREATE ADDITIONAL FLOODING CONDITIONS ACROSS 
SOUTHEASTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.

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.

MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY
CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 2919 10370 2927 10377 2929 10391 2935 10408
      2950 10423 2963 10449 2975 10443 2961 10412
      2931 10361

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