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NMC017-051-162115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

108 PM MDT WED AUG 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO

  SOUTHWESTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 315 PM MDT



* AT 1258 PM MDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER WEATHER 

  RADAR.



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

  LORENZO...MIMBRES...KINGSTON AND HILLSBORO



STORMS WERE CENTERED OVER STATE HIGHWAY 152 KINGSTON. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNING AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 3263 10804 3263 10734 3324 10744 3321 10800



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