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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

553 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 900 PM MDT



* AT 544 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

AND GARFIELD...IN ADDITION TO LOCATIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 25 AND   

HIGHWAY 187 IN THAT AREA.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR NOW ESTIMATES THAT 

SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DROPPED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN  

OVER PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 10 AND HIGHWAY 187 NEAR SALEM...OR NORTH 

OF HATCH BETWEEN 450 AND 550 PM MDT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO THE 

WEST ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK OVER THIS SAME AREA THROUGH 700 PM THIS 

EVENING...ADDING TO THE RAINFALL TOTAL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN EL 

PASO.



LAT...LON 3278 10726 3278 10710 3269 10702 3266 10708

      3266 10713 3264 10715 3264 10720 3262 10728

      3277 10728



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