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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
831 PM CDT MON AUG 21 2023
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PECOS-TERRELL-GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS-VAN HORN AND
HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-EASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY-REEVES COUNTY PLAINS-
CHINATI MOUNTAINS-MARFA PLATEAU-DAVIS MOUNTAINS-DAVIS MOUNTAINS
FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY-CHISOS BASIN-PRESIDIO VALLEY-
LOWER BREWSTER COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT STOCKTON, DRYDEN, SANDERSON,
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP, PINE SPRINGS, VAN HORN, PECOS, MARFA,
FORT DAVIS, ALPINE, BIG BEND NP, PANTHER JUNCTION, MARATHON, BIG
BEND NP, CHISOS BASIN, PRESIDIO, BIG BEND NP, LAJITAS, AND
CASTOLON
831 PM CDT MON AUG 21 2023 /731 PM MDT MON AUG 21 2023/
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN TEXAS, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS, CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY,
CHINATI MOUNTAINS, CHISOS BASIN, DAVIS MOUNTAINS, DAVIS MOUNTAINS
FOOTHILLS, EASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY, GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE
MOUNTAINS, LOWER BREWSTER COUNTY, MARFA PLATEAU, PECOS, PRESIDIO
VALLEY, TERRELL AND VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. IN WESTERN
TEXAS, REEVES COUNTY PLAINS.
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
BEGINNING TUESDAY AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VERY HEAVY
RAIN IS EXPECTED AND COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE BIG BEND REGION.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
RICK HLUCHAN
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