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TXC141-060100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

356 PM MDT SAT AUG 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EL PASO COUNTY IN TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SOCORRO...SAN ELIZARIO...MONTANA

  VISTA...FORT BLISS...FABENS...EL PASO



* UNTIL 700 PM MDT



* AT 345 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.





THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING OVER EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY.  THESE 

STORMS WHERE DRIFTING TO THE WEST AND WILL FIRST AFFECT EASTERN EL 

PASO COUNTY INCLUDING MONTANA VISTA AND SOCORRO.  THEN THE STORMS 

WILL BUILD INTO THE CITY OF EL PASO.  WITH THE SATURATED GROUND 

ALREADY IN PLACE IT WILL TAKE VERY LITTLE RAINFALL TO CAUSE 

FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE HALF TO ONE 

INCH OF RAINFALL IN ABOUT AN HOUR.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  

DO NOT DRIVE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.







LAT...LON 3173 10653 3137 10600 3199 10602 3198 10659



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