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WGUS84 KEPZ 210107
FLSEPZ
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
707 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2009
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DONA ANA NM-
707 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND ARROYO ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN...
CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK...
* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
* AT 658 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS USING
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS HAVE IDENTIFIED
AN AREA FOR FLOODING POTENTIAL DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. A WEATHER SPOTTER
IN LA MESA REPORTED 1.3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A PERIOD OF AN HOUR WITH
SOME FLOODED STREETS REPORTED IN MESQUITE. RADAR SHOWS THAT EVEN
THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FAST MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25
MPH...SEVERAL HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL RATES OF .5 TO 1.5 INCHES PER
HOUR. AREAS OF CONCERN WOULD BE ALONG INTERSTATE 10 FROM UNIVERSITY PARK
SOUTHWARD TO CHAMBERINO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
DRAINAGES AND ARROYOS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR 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. BE VERY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT AS FLOODED AREAS ARE DIFFICULT TO
SEE. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.
LAT...LON 3239 10660 3225 10642 3207 10666 3201 10675
3222 10687
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