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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

704 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 800 PM MDT



* AT 653 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



A CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS MOVING 

INTO NORTHWESTERN SIERRA COUNTY FROM THE NORTH. RAINFALL RATES OF

OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR IS INDICATED BY RADAR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO SATURATED SOILS WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ARROYOS...COUNTRY ROADS...

AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSING ARE

LOCATED IN THIS AREA AND ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. 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 3348 10794 3348 10750 3308 10732 3307 10774



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