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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 529 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008
WESTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A HEAVY RAIN BAND EXTENDING FROM NEAR HOVEY THROUGH SOUTHEAST
BREWSTER COUNTY. THIS RAIN BAND WAS SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT WITH
RAINFALL RATES OCCASIONALLY EXCEEDING AND INCH AND A HALF PER
HOUR WITH STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVING ACROSS THE SAME AREAS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HOVEY
MOTORISTS ON HIGHWAY 90 BETWEEN MARATHON AND LONGFELLOW... ON
HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MARATHON AND FORT STOCKTON... AND ON
HIGHWAY 67 BETWEEN ALPINE AND FORT STOCKTON CAN EXPECT LOW
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN VERY HEAVY RAIN. LOW WATER CROSSINGS
IN THIS AREA CAN FLOOD QUICKLY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3054 10360 3084 10314 2977 10249 2975 10252
2975 10258 2971 10268 2969 10268 2964 10273
2955 10276 2954 10279 2942 10281
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05 FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 205 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008
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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
BIG BEND AREA...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS...MARFA PLATEAU...PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...REEVES
COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...TERRELL AND VAN HORN AND
HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
WIDESPREAD. SCATTERED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 T0 3 INCHES... AND
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE.
* IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL IN
THESE AREAS COULD RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE
RIVER FROM CANDELARIA DOWNSTREAM THROUGH TO THE CONFLUENCE
WITH THE PECOS RIVER.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR
THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...PLAN NOW FOR WHAT
YOU WILL DO IF FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. STAY INFORMED AND BE
READY TO ACT IF YOU SEE FLOODING OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS
ISSUED.
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