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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
650 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2019
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
RIO GRANDE ABOVE PRESIDIO 6WNW AFFECTING PRESIDIO COUNTY
.THUNDERSTORMS UPSTREAM OF PRESIDIO OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS HAVE
RESULTED IN LOCALIZED RIVER FLOODING ON THE RIO GRANDE THIS EVENING.
THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE JUST ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE THIS
EVENING, BEFORE QUICKLY COMING BACK DOWN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO HEED FLOOD WARNINGS, AND EXERCISE CAUTION IF
TRAVELING THROUGH THIS AREA. VEHICLE-RELATED FATALITIES ARE THE
NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF FLOOD FATALITIES IN WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROADWAY, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS IT. YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE COULD BE SWEPT DOWNSTREAM IN RUSHING
FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN!
RIVER LEVELS ARE HIGH. RANCHERS AND FARMERS SHOULD MOVE LIVESTOCK
AND MACHINERY OUT OF FLOOD-PRONE AREAS IF TIME PERMITS.
KEEP IN MIND THAT ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA COULD
SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE PRESENT FORECAST STAGE.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT: WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT.
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650 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2019
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE RIO GRANDE ABOVE PRESIDIO 6WNW.
* UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 6PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET (2.5 METERS).
* FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET (2.7 METERS).
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO
RISE TO NEAR 9.8 FEET (3.0 METERS) BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. THE
RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET (2.7 METERS), THE RIVER REACHES MINOR FLOOD
STAGE, AND FLOODING BETWEEN THE LEVEES OCCURS. NO DAMAGE TO
STRUCTURES IS EXPECTED.
THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 9.8 FEET (3.0 METERS) ON
SEP 29 2012.
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (FEET):
BF FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG STAGE DAY TIME MON TUE TUE TUE
7PM 1AM 7AM 1PM
PRESIDIO 6WNW 6.0 9.0 8.1 MON 6 PM 9.1 9.8 6.5 5.1
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (METERS):
BF FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG STAGE DAY TIME MON TUE TUE TUE
7PM 1AM 7AM 1PM
PRESIDIO 6WNW 1.8 2.7 2.5 MON 6 PM 2.8 3.0 2.0 1.6
LAT...LON 2975 10465 2980 10451 2963 10437 2951 10446 2957 10453
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