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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED


FLASH FLOOD WARNING


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX


316 PM MDT MON AUG 14 2006





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A





* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...


  CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO


  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HOLLOMAN AFB...ALAMOGORDO





* UNTIL 445 PM MDT





* AT 302 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED HEAVY RAINS AND STREET         


FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. FURTHER HEAVY 


RAINS WILL FALL ACROSS THE REGION. 





* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TULAROSA...


  MESCALERO AND LA LUZ. HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG 


  HIGHWAYS 54 AND 70 .





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL


CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY


ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW


LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.





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.





A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.


IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.


RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE


PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS


SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY


AUTOMOBILE.





LAT...LON 3274 10619 3275 10586 3315 10579 3315 10617





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