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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

322 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NEW MEXICO

     GRANT AND LUNA



A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS PUSHED INTO SOUTHWESTERN NEW 

MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. WEATHER 

SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR HAVE INDICATED OVER 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN JUST WEST OF DEMING CAUSING FLOODING 

ALONG HIGHWAY I 10 AND HIGHWAY 180. THESE STORMS ARE ADVANCING INTO 

GRANT COUNTY AND SHOULD AFFECT THE TOWNS OF TYRONE...RED 

ROCK...SILVER CITY...MIMBRES AND FAYWOOD BY 5 PM LATER THIS 

AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS ARE MOVING INTO 

SOUTHEAST LUNA COUNTY AND WILL STRIKE THE COLUMBUS VICINITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS 

COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA OUTLETS FOR

THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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