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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

454 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 700 PM MDT



* AT 446 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS...OVER

  THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN BLACK RANGE. HOWEVER UP TO 5 INCHES OF

  RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER BASINS THAT WILL DRAIN THROUGH CUCHILLO AND DOWN

  TOWARD HIGHWAY 25.



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.



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 OR LOW WATER CROSSING WITH WATER IN THEM. FIND ALTERNATE 

ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY 

VEHICLES AWAY.  IF YOU LIVE IN A CREEK...ARROYO...OR AREA KNOWN TO FLOOD

IN THIS AREA FROM WINSTON TO CUCHILLO TO THE TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 

AIRPORT YOU SHOULD LEAVE FOR HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3312 10767 3309 10728 3330 10728 3334 10766



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