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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

821 PM MDT SAT JUL 8 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES



* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT



* AT 811 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

  TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...WILLIAMSBURG...ELEPHANT BUTTE AND CUCHILLO.



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING AND TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS HAS

DROPPED RADAR-ESTIMATES AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES IN THE PAST

HOUR 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 3327 10694 3302 10702 3306 10744 3325 10728



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