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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1257 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HOLLOMAN AFB...ALAMOGORDO...



* UNTIL 300 PM MDT



* AT 1246 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH           

  FLOODING OVER THE CLOUDCROFT VICINITY WHERE OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN  

  HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WERE       

  ALSO MOVING INTO THE MESCALERO...MAYHILL AND OROGRANDE AREAS.      

  FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR      

  ALAMOGORDO THIS AFTERNOON.



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



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 3202 10536 3201 10618 3332 10609 3328 10531



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