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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
827 PM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012
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DONA ANA NM-
827 PM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM MDT...
AT 816 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA.
AT 750 PM...STATE POLICE WERE UNABLE TO DRIVE PAST MILE MARKER 21 ON
HIGHWAY 185. HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER IN THIS AREA...HOWEVER
MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN SOME AREAS OVER EAST SLOPES OF
THE SIERRA DE LAS UVAS MOUNTAINS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO
CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 3265 10714 3267 10707 3257 10697 3251 10703
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