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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1148 AM MDT THU JUL 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  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 245 PM MDT



* AT 1133 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR...LAW 

  ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...AND PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATED LOCALIZED 

  FLASH FLOODING OCCURING ACROSS A BROAD AREA WITH MODERATE SHOWERS 

  AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...SAN LORENZO...MONTICELLO...KINGSTON...

  HILLSBORO...CUCHILLO...AND CABALLO IN SIERRA COUNTY. COLUMBUS

  AND DEMING ARE INCLUDED IN LUNA COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED POCKETS OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL CONTINUES TO MOVE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 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 3347 10797 3345 10639 3307 10639 3282 10692

      3281 10731 3181 10730 3180 10791



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