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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

746 AM MDT SUN JUL 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

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

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MESCALERO.



* UNTIL 145 PM MDT SUNDAY



* AT 731 AM MDT...MESCALERO FIRE OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLOOD   

CONTAINMENT PONDS AT THE NORTH TULAROSA CANYON FIRE BURN AREA WERE 

FULL...AND FLOOD WATER WAS BEGINNING TO SPILL OVER.    



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



FLOOD WATERS WILL LIKELY AFFECT PARTS OF STATE ROUTE 244... BIA 

ROADS 1 AND 10... AND OTHER BACK ROADS.  FLOODING COULD ALSO SPREAD 

DOWN TULAROSA CANYON AND AFFECT MESCALERO.



RAIN IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH LATE MORNING... AND UP 

TO ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.  

HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS 

AFTERNOON... AND THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED LATER INTO

THE DAY.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3312 10587 3318 10589 3319 10562 3310 10562

      3309 10576 3311 10576



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