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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED


FLASH FLOOD WARNING


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX


603 PM MDT MON AUG 14 2006





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A





* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...


  CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO





* UNTIL 800 PM MDT





* AT 556 PM MDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL 


THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE CONVERGING 


AROUND THE CABALLO AREA.





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


AND ARREY.





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.





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.





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 3289 10744 3282 10728 3304 10716 3309 10731





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