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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1136 AM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 100 PM MDT



* AT 1129 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING

  FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...

  MAYHILL AND HIGHWAYS 70...82 AND 24.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



&&



LAT...LON 3331 10581 3330 10537 3273 10536 3275 10579



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