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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

627 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

  EAST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 815 PM MDT



* AT 611 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED .8 INCHES OF 

RAIN IN 20 MINUTES IN THE EASTERN PART F SAN LORENZO. COLD SPRINGS 

AND THE MIMBRES RIVER WERE RUNNING WITH VERY HIGH VOLUMES OF RAPIDLY

MOVING WATER FILLED WILL CONSIDERABLE TREES AND DEBRIS. DOPPLER RADAR 

REPORTED UP TO 3 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE EAST OF SAN 

LORENZO IN THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF. 



THE STORM COMPLEX IS SLOWLY DECREASING AND SLOWLY MOVING TO THE 

SOUTHWEST UNDER 10 MPH AND WILL IMPACT STATE ROAD 61 BETWEEN SAN 

LORENZO AND FAYWOOD FAYWOOD. THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON HIGHWAY 61 ARE AT 

GREAT RISK TO FILL AND RUN ACROSS STATE ROAD 61 CREATING A DANGEROUS 

SITUATION. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS PARTICULARLY ON STATE ROAD 61.



AVOID THIS AREA IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.



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 3289 10765 3262 10784 3265 10803 3297 10790



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