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WGUS54 KEPZ 182027

FFWEPZ

NMC017-182130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

223 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SILVER CITY...



* UNTIL 330 PM MDT



* AT 215 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 SILVER

  CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS FALLING OVER THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTIONS 

OF SILVER CITY NEAR THE COTTAGE SAND ROAD AREA. DRAINAGE FROM THIS 

STORM WILL MOVE TOWARDS SILVER CITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3272 10842 3272 10820 3290 10820 3290 10842



$$



BIRD

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000 

WGUS54 KEPZ 182027

FFWEPZ

NMC017-182130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

223 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SILVER CITY...



* UNTIL 330 PM MDT



* AT 215 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 SILVER

  CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS FALLING OVER THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTIONS 

OF SILVER CITY NEAR THE COTTAGE SAND ROAD AREA. DRAINAGE FROM THIS 

STORM WILL MOVE TOWARDS SILVER CITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3272 10842 3272 10820 3290 10820 3290 10842



$$



BIRD

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