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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

447 PM MDT SAT AUG 12 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HUDSPETH COUNTY IN TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIERRA BLANCA



* UNTIL 645 PM MDT



* AT 442 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED AND DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR  

INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SALT   

FLAT...DELL CITY AND CORNUDAS...AND SIERRA BLANCA. THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR ALONG 

INTERSTATE 10 AND HIGHWAY 62. 



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.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3127 10586 3076 10495 3197 10494 3197 10575



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