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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1259 PM MDT SUN JUL 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 300 PM MDT



* AT 1250 PM MDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS IMMINENT FROM A THUNDERSTORM   

COMPLEX OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER   

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY IN THE BURN SCARRED AREA 

SOUTH OF MESCALERO. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON LIKELY 

WILL BRINING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3330 10580 3330 10550 3288 10550 3288 10579



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