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NMC017-150145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

539 PM MDT MON AUG 14 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SILVER CITY



* UNTIL 745 PM MDT



* AT 530 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF

UP TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 



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.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3266 10875 3263 10776 3317 10790 3319 10881



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