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URBAN AND ARROYO FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1227 PM MDT SUN AUG 12 2001



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





...AT 1215 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND LAW 

ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL HAVE INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL AND PEAS SIZE 

HAIL FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF CLOUDCROFT NEW MEXICO. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURED. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY 

TO THE NORTHEAST. RUNNING WATER AND SOME FLOODING IN NORMALLY DRY 

DRAINAGES...ARROYOS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY WITHIN THE 

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

AREAS AND ROADS IS LIKELY ALONG WITH RESTRICTED VISIBILITY IN HEAVY 

DOWNPOUR AREAS.





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. DRIVERS ON NEW MEXICO 

STATE HIGHWAY 130 AND U S ROUTE  82 SHOULD USE CAUTION IN THIS AREA.

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