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000 

WGUS54 KEPZ 172012

FFWEPZ

NMC035-172200-

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

212 PM MDT THU JUL 17 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 400 PM MDT



* AT 201 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS HAD PRODUCED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE 

SOUTH TULAROSA FIRE BURN SCAR.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED WATER RUNNING ACROSS BIA ROUTE 10 SOUTH OF MESCALERO.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MESCALERO 

AND BENT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT 

HOUR...BUT CONTINUED RUN OFF IN THE BURN SCAR AREA WILL CAUSE THE 

TULAROSA RIVER TO CONTINUE TO SWELL.



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP 

VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE 

SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3314 10587 3317 10588 3318 10576 3318 10569

      3317 10564 3310 10565 3312 10577



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