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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

815 PM MDT WED AUG 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT



* AT 807 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING NEAR MONTICELLO FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS 

MOVING SOUTH FROM MONTICELLO...TO THE HILLSBORO AREA. RADAR ALSO HAS 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE 

STORMS. PERCHA CREEK CAN ALSO EXPECT A QUICK RISE IN WATER LEVELS IN 

THE NEXT TWO HOURS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

WINSTON...HILLSBORO...MONTICELLO.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3346 10728 3342 10781 3275 10768 3279 10727



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