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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

111 PM MDT THU AUG 2 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 315 PM MDT



* AT 107 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. ALSO...A 

  SPOTTER JUST NORTH OF SILVER CITY HAS REPORTED NEARLY ONE AND      

  ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN ONLY ONE HALF HOURS TIME.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SILVER     

  CITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL NORTH OF AND ON THE WEST SIDE 

OF SILVER CITY 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.



LAT...LON 3272 10841 3274 10813 3291 10817 3291 10835



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