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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1050 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...UNIVERSITY PARK...LAS CRUCES...

  MESILLA...RADUIM SPRINGS...LEASBURG...AND DONA ANA.



* UNTIL 1215 PM MDT



* AT 1050 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHE SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LARGE CLUSTERH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING

  FLASH FLOODING.



A TRAINED SPOTTER IN RADIUM SPRINGS REPORTED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN

30 MINUEST. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH

THESE STORMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AND SATURATED GROUND

WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ARROYOS...STREETS AND HIGHWAYS...AND POOR DRAINAGE

AREAS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART 

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



LAT...LON 3256 10681 3218 10661 3219 10688 3257 10710



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