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WGUS54 KEPZ 161048

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TXC229-161345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

442 AM MDT WED MAY 16 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL HUDSPETH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIERRA BLANCA...



* UNTIL 745 AM MDT



* AT 436 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.





ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN SIERRA BLANCA IN THE LAST 

HOUR AND JUST WEST OF SIERRA BLANCA IN THE QUITMAN MOUNTAINS UPWARDS 

OF FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  MOTORISTS ALONG I-10 EAST AND 

WEST OF SIERRA BLANCA SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THIS MORNING.  IN 

ADDITION RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS F.M. ROAD 1111 

ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE.  RANCHERS AND OTHERS WHO USE 

F.M. ROAD 1111 NORTH AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 SHOULD EXERCISE 

CAUTION THIS MORNING. 



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3111 10552 3105 10538 3118 10531 3124 10548



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