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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

647 PM MDT MON JUN 22 2009



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...MONTANA VISTA...



* UNTIL 745 PM MDT/845 PM CDT/



* AT 643 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE HORIZON CITY AREA WITH SOME

  ROADS CLOSED AND VEHICLES STRANDED.



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

  HORIZON CITY AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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.



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 3161 10632 3170 10636 3174 10643 3194 10633

      3186 10603 3154 10611



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