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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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