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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
739 PM MDT SAT SEP 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SUNLAND PARK...
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANTHONY...CANUTILLO...
AND ALSO EXTREME NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY IN FAR WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 900 PM MDT
* AT 734 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BERINO...
VADO CHAMBERINO...LA MESA...LA UNION...LA MESA...ANTHONY...AND
CANUTILLO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW MOVING STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE EXCESSIVE
RUNOFF AND FLOODING OF ARROYOS...DRAINAGES...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS
AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG
THE BANKS OF THE RIO GRANDE AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO
FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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.
LAT...LON 3215 10684 3216 10637 3180 10652 3180 10683
BIRD
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