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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

411 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HOLLOMAN AFB...ALAMOGORDO...



* UNTIL 615 PM MDT



* AT 404 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ORIENTED EAST TO WEST

  OVER CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD AROUND 5 TO 10   

  MPH. RADAR INDICATES SOME CELLS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF

  1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS LINE IS MOVING INTO AREAS WHICH

  ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAIN TODAY AND YESTERDAY AND THIS

  WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS. FLOODING               

  PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED EARLIER IN THE NOGAL CANYON AREA NEAR  

  AND ON HIGHWAY 70.

  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TULAROSA...

  MESCALERO...LA LUZ AND BOLES ACRES...CLOUDCROFT...MAYHILL



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3248 10537 3323 10537 3327 10624 3247 10632



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