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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1040 AM MDT SUN SEP 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SOCORRO...SAN ELIZARIO...



* UNTIL NOON MDT/100 PM CDT/



* AT 1031 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  CITY AND SPARKS



CONTINUED RAINFALL IN AND TO THE EAST OF HORIZON CITY AND 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. RADAR INDICATES

SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED FROM 2.5 TO 2.75 INCHES OF RAIN I THE LAST AREA.

HORIZON BOULEVARD NEAR INTERSTATE 10 IS IMPASSABLE AT THIS TIME AND

THERE ARE REPORTS OF WATER IN HOUSES.



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 3182 10606 3153 10604 3154 10628 3158 10631

      3160 10631 3164 10635 3178 10634



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