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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1122 AM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL HUDSPETH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 115 PM MDT



* AT 1114 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



BACK BUILDING STORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO DUMP THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF 

RAIN ON EXTREME WEST CENTRAL HUDSPETH COUNTY.  MOTORISTS ALONG 

INTERSTATE 10 AND HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN FORT HANCOCK AND TORNILLO 

SHOULD BE PREPARED WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAYS.  IN ADDITION 

SMALLER SECONDARY ROADS IN THE AREA MAY BE WASHED OUT.



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.



LAT...LON 3131 10601 3127 10591 3147 10581 3149 10594



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