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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

444 PM MDT THU AUG 17 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 745 PM MDT



* AT 430 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE MOUNTAINS WEST OF HATCH.

THE WARNED AREA.  



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



RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM ALONG THE PLACITAS ARROYO AND OTHER 

AREA ARROYOS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF ROUTE 26 AND ULTIMATELY INTO THE 

TOWN OF HATCH.



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 10727 3259 10719 3269 10705 3272 10715



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