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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

654 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 830 PM MDT



* AT 648 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH AS MUCH   

  AS 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL ESTIMATES BY RADAR OVER INTERSTATE 10 NEAR 

  ANTHONY NEW MEXICO.



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

  MESQUITE ANTHONY NEW MEXICO AND LA MESA



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN EL

PASO.



LAT...LON 3227 10648 3201 10648 3200 10653 3201 10661

      3197 10665 3197 10668 3207 10674 3210 10674

      3221 10681



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