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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1220 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 215 PM MDT



* AT 1217 PM MDT...LOCAL VOLUNTEER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED THAT MORE THAN THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM 

THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MAYHILL AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING 

FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. IN ADDITION...NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AT 1222 MDT...A LARGE AREA 

OF NEARLY STATIONARY HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF HIGHWAY 

54 STRETCHING FROM RUIDOSO SOUTH TO SACRAMENTO.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

MESCALERO...MAYHILL...AND CLOUDCROFT.



EVEN DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL CAN RESULT IN QUICKLY WORSENING 

CONDITIONS ALONG CREEKS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. AS 

SUCH...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.



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 3340 10537 3341 10596 3270 10570 3272 10522



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