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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

423 PM MDT FRI AUG 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO

  TO INCLUDE THE TOWN OF HILLSBORO



* UNTIL 730 PM MDT



* AT 415 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED PERCHA CREEK WAS FLOWING 

BANKFULL AND NEARING THE THE BASE OF ONE OF THE BRIDGES NEAR TOWN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED AT THIS TIME ALONG HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN

NUTT AND HILLSBORO.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



MONITOR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.



LAT...LON 3305 10738 3283 10734 3281 10757 3302 10758



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