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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

858 PM MDT SAT AUG 30 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 1045 PM MDT



* AT 845 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL IMPACT MOTORISTS ON STATE  

  HIGHWAY 27 SOUTH OF HILLSBORO.





AT 850 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OVER 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN JUST WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 27 ABOUT 10 

TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF HILLSBORO.  FLOODING OF SEVERAL LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS ALONG HIGHWAY 27 IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS.  

MOTORISTS HEADING SOUTH OUT OF HILLSBORO OR NORTH FROM NUTT SHOULD 

SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE OR DELAY TRAVEL FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  

ESPECIALLY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE BERRENDO CREEK BASIN AND 

THAT WATER WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 27 ABOUT ELEVEN AND HALF MILES SOUTH 

OF HILLSBORO.



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.



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 3282 10772 3285 10748 3263 10745 3261 10765



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