Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS El Paso, TX

Issued

Jul 28, 1990, 12:54 PM CDT (17:54 UTC)

Expired

Jul 28, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS El Paso, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Brewster County, TX, Presidio County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ALBUQUERQUE NM
1254 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE BIG BEND AREA
OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS. FLOODING IN THIS AREA IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. THE AREA EFFECTED IS GENERALLY FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF
PRESIDIO DOWNSTREAM THROUGH THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK.

HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS LAST NIGHT PRODUCED MORE THAN TWO INCHES
OF RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN MEXICO IN THE RIO CONCHO BASIN.

NEAR NOON CDT THE RIO GRANDE AT THE PRESIDIO BRIDGE WAS AT A LEVEL OF
11.5 FEET AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE THERE IS 15.5 FEET. DOWNSTREAM AT
THE WEIR GUAGE(5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRESIDIO) THE RIVER WAS AT 8.26
FEET AND RISING AS OF 1215 PM CDT. FLOOD STAGE AT THAT POINT IS 8.5
FEET.

SATTELITE PICTURES INDICATE THAT RAINS OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND AD-
JACENT PORTIONS OF MEXICO HAVE TAPERED OFF BUT RUNOFF ALREADY OCCURRING
MAY PUSH THE RIO GRANDE OVER FLOOD STAGE IN THE AREA FROM JUST SOUTHEAST
OF PRESIDIO WITH RISING RIVER LEVELS DOWNSTREAM IN THE BIG BEND
NATIONAL PARK. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY
REINTENSIFY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND NORTHERN
MEXICO. THE SITUATION WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED AND ADDITIONAL STATE-
MENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE FROM NEAR
PRESIDIO THROUGH THE NATIONAL PARK TAKE PRECAUTIONARY ACTION
IMMEDIATELY.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP
TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUB-
JECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.