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WGUS54 KEPZ 151829

FFWEPZ

TXC141-151930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1228 PM MDT SAT JUL 15 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SOCORRO...MONTANA VISTA...FORT

  BLISS...EL PASO



* UNTIL 130 PM MDT



* AT 1220 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED   FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CITY OF EL 

PASO TEXAS.





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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3166 10644 3161 10619 3199 10614 3198 10658



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