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NMC029-090400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

759 PM MDT SAT JUL 8 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LUNA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DEMING



* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT



* AT 748 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  DEMING...AND AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 10 NEAR DEMING...AND UVAS   

  VALLEY.



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING AND TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS HAS

DROPPED RADAR-ESTIMATES AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES IN THE PAST

ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 3260 10761 3260 10730 3216 10769 3220 10800

      3221 10800



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