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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

202 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 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...



* UNTIL 500 PM MDT



* AT 154 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER 

HOUR ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF SIERRA COUNTY. 

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



LAT...LON 3346 10673 3289 10683 3283 10727 3270 10761

      3346 10786



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