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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

448 PM MDT SUN SEP 9 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SILVER CITY...

  HIDALGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LORDSBURG...



* UNTIL 630 PM MDT



* AT 442 PM MDT...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN

  CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN GRANT COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED

  TO SILVER CITY...HURLEY...CENTRAL AND BAYARD.



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.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3320 10905 3320 10789 3309 10784 3296 10787

      3293 10777 3286 10778 3277 10772 3266 10773

      3261 10768 3261 10791 3253 10793 3250 10824

      3134 10822 3135 10904



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