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ARROYO FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

517 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2001



AT 510 PM DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A SMALL AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 

FALLING JUST WEST OF U.S HIGHWAY 180 AND ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF 

SILVER CITY...OVER THE BURRO MOUNTAINS. RADAR IS ESTIMATING FROM TWO 

TO TWO AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST TWO HOURS 

IN THIS AREA. 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 ALSO LIKELY. ADDITIONALLY THE GILA RIVER MAY SEE 

RISES THIS EVENING...DOWNSTREAM OF THE TOWN OF GILA...RESULTING FROM 

THIS STORM RUNOFF.



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.

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