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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1006 PM MDT WED AUG 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...UNIVERSITY PARK...LAS CRUCES...

  CHAPARRAL

  SOUTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT



* AT 1000 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED   A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF LAS CRUCES WERE MOVING 

SOUTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE LAS CRUCES ARE IN THE NEXT 15 

MINUTES.  THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.  THIS RAINFALL WILL FALL ON 

ALREADY SATURATED LAND AND WILL QUICKLY LEAD TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND 

FLOODING.



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

SANDS...ORGAN...MESILLA...LAS CRUCES AND DONA ANA



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. TURN AROUND 

DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3255 10604 3255 10706 3179 10705 3180 10664

      3201 10664 3201 10601



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