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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

152 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EL PASO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SOCORRO...MONTANA VISTA...FORT

  BLISS...FABENS...EL PASO...

  WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 345 PM MDT



* AT 142 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  AN AREA OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO EL PASO AND   

  WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE EL PASO METROPOLITAN     

  AREA. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH 

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 2 INCHES OVER ISOLATED 

  LOCATIONS. FLASH FLOODING IS THEREFORE LIKELY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  WESTWAY...SPARKS...HORIZON CITY...TORNILLO...INTERSTATE 10 

  AND HIGHWAY 62.



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.



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 3106 10555 3134 10596 3137 10597 3144 10611

      3176 10643 3174 10647 3179 10653 3199 10658

      3199 10534



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