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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1211 PM MDT THU AUG 9 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 145 PM MDT



* AT 1206 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER 

  THE WARNED AREA.



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

  WEED...SACRAMENTO AND THE SILVER LAKE CAMPGROUND. 

  HAY...TELEPHONE...SPRING AND POTATO CANYONS ARE ALSO 

  EXPERIENCING HEAVY RAIN.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3270 10569 3265 10537 3299 10537 3299 10568



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