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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

149 PM MDT FRI SEP 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 300 PM MDT



* AT 145 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

  AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 152 BETWEEN FORT BAYARD AND SAN LORENZO HAVE 

  RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST 

  HOUR...CREATING A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. IN ADDITION...STRONG 

  THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF HURLEY WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 

  ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 180 SOUTH OF BAYARD...INCLUDING PORTIONS 

  OF HURLEY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HURLEY...

  FORT BAYARD...AND SAN LORENZO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3287 10796 3270 10788 3267 10814 3282 10815



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