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URBAN AND ARROYO FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

814 PM MDT MON JUL 16 2001



...URBAN AND ARROYO FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING...



AT 810 PM MST/MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EL PASO 

METROPOLITAN AREA AND SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

AN INCH HAVE OCCURED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH MORE EXPECTED. 

MOVEMENT  WAS TO THE NORTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH. RUNNING WATER AND SOME 

FLOODING IN NORMALLY DRY DRAINAGES...ARROYOS IS LIKELY WITHIN THE 

AFFECTED AREA. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED 

AREAS AND ROADS 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. 

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





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