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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1130 PM MDT TUE SEP 6 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM MDT FOR EL PASO 

COUNTY INCLUDING THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF EL PASO TEXAS.



DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL RATES ARE STARTING TO 

DROP OVER THE AREA...HOWEVER...FLOODING STILL CONTINUES IN AREAS OF 

EL PASO AND SURROUNDING AREAS. MANY AREAS HAVE RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 

1.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. MANY MAIN ROADS AND STREETS STILL REMAIN 

FLOODED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.





LAT...LON 3177 10651 3185 10632 3194 10640 3193 10661



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