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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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