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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1112 PM MDT SUN SEP 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

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

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SUNLAND PARK...

  NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT BLISS...EL PASO...CANUTILLO...

  ANTHONY...



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT



* AT 1100 PM MDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND TRAINED WEATHER 

SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING  FROM A THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE WESTERN AND NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL

PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY.



MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES IN THE WARNED AREA WITH RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS

ROUND OF STORMS CAUSING FLOODING. MANY AREAS HAVE RECEIVED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN.

RADAR INDICATES MORE STORMS TO THE WEST MOVING EAST INTO THE AREA OVER THE 

NEXT HOUR...THUS PROMPTING THE EXTENSION OF THE WARNING UNTIL

MIDNIGHT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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. 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 3200 10672 3200 10627 3176 10620 3178 10672



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