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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

602 PM MDT THU JUL 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 800 PM MDT



* AT 549 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



A SLOW MOVING...STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF ELEPHANT BUTTE 

WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER A SPARSELY POPULATED AREA EAST 

OF THE CABALLO MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...IT WILL LIKELY CAUSE RUNOFF 

FLOODING IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON NEW MEXICO ROUTE 51 JUST EAST OF 

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...AND IN SEVERAL PLACES ALONG COUNTY ROAD A-13 

BETWEEN ENGLE...CUTTER...AND UPHAM.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. 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 3280 10698 3279 10718 3317 10719 3318 10701



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