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URBAN AND ARROYO FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

757 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2001





THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

URBAN AND ARROYO FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1055 PM MDT

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...



IN NEW MEXICO



   ...SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN... SOUTHERN DESERT



AT 750 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

VICINITY OF DEMING AND LAS CRUCES. RAIN FALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN

INCH AND A HALF IN LESS THAN HOUR ARE OCCURING. THE STORMS

WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. URBAN AND ARROYO

FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE AFFECTED AREA. PONDING OF WATER

IN LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS AND STREETS IS LIKELY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

CROSS SAFELY. PERSONS SHOULD AVOID ARROYOS AND DRAINAGES. IF

WATER RISES IN YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.







LUNDEEN





 

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