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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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