Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 250224
FFWMAF
TXC377-250830-
/O.EXT.KMAF.FF.W.0091.000000T0000Z-080925T0830Z/
/00000.U.DR.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
924 PM CDT WED SEP 24 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 330 AM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 920 PM CDT...A DAM FLOODGATE RELEASE ALONG THE RIO CONCHOS IN 
  MEXICO CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE LEVEES ON THE RIO GRANDE AT PRESIDIO.  
  RELEASES CONTINUE TO DECREASE...HOWEVER ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE LEVEE SYSTEM.

* THE NEAREST DOWNSTREAM TOWN FROM THE CONFLUENCE OF THE RIO CONCHOS 
  AND RIO GRANDE LOCATED ALONG THE LEVEES IS PRESIDIO.  THE COMMUNITY 
  OF REDFORD IS APPROXIMATELY 16 MILES DOWNSTREAM OF THE LEVEE SYSTEM 
  AND IS ALSO IN IMMINENT DANGER.  IF YOU ARE IN 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

$$

000 
WGUS54 KMAF 250823
FFWMAF
TXC377-251430-
/O.EXT.KMAF.FF.W.0091.000000T0000Z-080925T1430Z/
/00000.U.DR.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
323 AM CDT THU SEP 25 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 930 AM CDT

* AT 319 AM CDT...A DAM FLOODGATE RELEASE ALONG THE RIO CONCHOS IN 
  MEXICO CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE LEVEES ON THE RIO GRANDE AT PRESIDIO.  
  RELEASES CONTINUE TO DECREASE...HOWEVER ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE LEVEE SYSTEM.

* 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

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
219 PM CDT WED SEP 24 2008

.DISCUSSION...
12Z KMAF SOUNDING GENERALY SHOWS BACKING WINDS THRU 4H TO NE-E
INDICATING CIRCULATION ASSOCD WITH SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AS DEVELOPED
EWD FROM YESTERDAY. NAM INDICATES POCKET OF NEG 85H BASED LI/S ACRS
NRN CWFA WHERE BETTER SFC DWPNTS ARE FOUND...LR/S ARE POOR THOUGH.
STILL ENUF SB INSTABILITY PER RADAR FOR ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA AND
WILL INCLUDE ISOLD POPS NE AND S-SW INTO THE EVENING. DWPNTS
PROBABLY A LITTLE LOWER TMW MORNING THAN THIS MORNING AND
OVERNIGHT TEMPS SHOULD BE ABLE TO FALL TO N60 AGAIN. VERY POOR 7H-
5H LR/S THUR WILL LIMIT INSTABILITY WITH DWPNTS DOWN TO N50. NE
MID LEVEL FLOW WILL INHIBIT LEE TROF FORMATION AND WINDS WILL
REMAIN NEAR 10 MPH. SFC DPWNTS WILL CONTINUE DRYING TREND INTO
FRI. 85H TEMPS WILL BE NEAR 21-22C THUR AND FRI SO SLIGHT WARMING
INTO FRI IS APPROPRIATE. LI/S REMAIN POSTIVE SAT-MON AND FCST WILL
REMAIN PRECIP FREE SAT-MON. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF MSTR RETURN AND
COOL MORNINGS STILL LOOK GOOD SAT-MON. MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL TEND
TO AMPLIFY MON/TUE AND WITH 85H TEMPS/5H HGHTS TRENDING HIER WILL
INCREASE TEMPS SLIGHTLY TUE. GFS/ECMWF ADVERTISE A BACKDOOR COLD
FRONT WED AS TROF/LOW DEEPENS ACRS GREAT LAKES/MIDWEST...
RESPECTIVELY.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIO GRANDE FROM
PRESIDIO THROUGH THE BIG BEND REGION. THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS
CONTINUE TO CALL FOR NEARLY STEADY OR A SLOW DECLINE IN RIVER LEVELS
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. HOWEVER...LEVELS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE
MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOOD CATEGORIES FROM PRESIDIO TO RIO GRANDE
VILLAGE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. GIVEN THE CONTINUED RELEASES
FROM LUIS LEON RESERVOIR...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX              61  84  60  85  /  10   0   0   0
CARLSBAD NM                56  83  55  87  /  10   0   0   0
DRYDEN TX                  64  85  63  87  /  10  10   0   0
FORT STOCKTON TX           59  84  58  87  /  10  10   0   0
GUADALUPE PASS TX          56  77  55  79  /  10  10   0   0
HOBBS NM                   58  85  57  86  /  10   0   0   0
MARFA TX                   49  78  48  80  /  10  10   0  10
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    61  85  60  86  /  10   0   0   0
ODESSA TX                  58  85  57  88  /  10   0   0   0
WINK TX                    63  89  62  91  /  10   0   0   0

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES... PRESIDIO VALLEY.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
116 PM CDT WED SEP 24 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-251130-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
116 PM CDT WED SEP 24 2008 /1216 PM MDT WED SEP 24 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CAN NOT BE RULED OUT EARLY THIS EVENING
MAINLY SOUTH OF THE PECOS RIVER IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND IN THE
EXTREME EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL
AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIO GRANDE AT AND DOWNSTREAM
OF PRESIDIO. WATER RELEASES FROM LUIS LEON RESERVOIR IN MEXICO HAS
CAUSED RIVER LEVELS TO RISE TO MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOOD STAGES.
HIGHWAY 170 REMAINS CLOSED...AS DO THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE AT
PRESIDIO AND OTHER SMALLER ROADS. MOTORISTS IN THE AREA SHOULD USE
EXTREME CAUTION AND ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

FLOODING OF THE RIO GRANDE AT PRESIDIO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
THE RELEASE RATE FROM LUIS LEON HAS SLOWLY DECREASED OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL DAYS...BUT RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE WEEK AT MOST LOCATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND