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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

510 PM MDT TUE AUG 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 915 PM MDT



* AT 502 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CLOUDCROFT...MESCALERO...AND 

MAYHILL.  



* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER   

RURAL AREAS OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS IN OTERO COUNTY 

COUNTY.



MESCALERO APACHE TRIBAL POLICE REPORT ROCK SLIDES ALONG SECTIONS OF 

LOCAL ROADS NEAR THE RIO TULAROSA.  IN ADDITION...OTERO COUNTY

SHERRIF OFFICE AND CENTRAL DISPATCH REPORTS THE HIGHWAY 244 IS STILL 

CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 10. THE WATER HAS 

NOT RECEDED IN THIS AREA.  WATER NOW COVERS SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 82 

BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 32.  RAIN IS STILL FALLING IN THE AREA 

AS WELL. 

 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...MOUNTAIN ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND AND 

PASTURES ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3286 10578 3285 10530 3315 10530 3316 10578



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