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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

851 AM MDT THU JUL 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...UNIVERSITY PARK...LAS CRUCES...

  SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...

  NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...

  LUNA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DEMING...



* UNTIL 1145 AM MDT



* AT 834 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND LAW 

  ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS A BROAD AREA 

  WITH MODERATE SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED 

  AREA.



* THIS WARNING COVERS LOCATIONS ACROSS ALL OF DONA ANA COUNTY INCLUDING

  LAS CRUCES...THE EASTERN HALF OF LUNA COUNTY INCLUDING DEMING...ALL   

  OF SIERRA COUNTY INCLUDING TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...AND THE EASTERN 

  HALF OF GRANT COUNTY. 



A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED POCKETS OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL CONTUINUES TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL 

RATES OF OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR IS EXPECTED OVER LARGE AREAS. 

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. SEVERAL ROADWAYS ACROSS THE REGION ARE ALREADY FLOODED AND 

CLOSED. DO NOT GO AROUND BARRIERS...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3182 10819 3319 10822 3319 10795 3344 10795

      3345 10639 3203 10642 3203 10668 3181 10668



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