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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

900 PM MDT FRI SEP 14 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO 

AND FAR WEST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS WATCH WAS FOR THE 

FOLLOWING TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO COUNTIES...EL PASO...HUDSPETH...GRANT

HIDALGO...SIERRA...LUNA...DONA ANA...OTERO.



ALTHOUGH ABUNDANT MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE REGION AND SCATTERED 

SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS 

GREATLY REDUCED. HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING OVER THE REGION WHICH IS 

STABILIZING THE ATMOSPHERE. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WHICH WERE 

TRIGGERING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER TODAY HAVE NOW MOVED EAST. 

THEREFORE ADDITIONAL STORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT ARE 

NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLOODING RAINS. 

BECAUSE THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS LOW THE FLASH 

FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED.



A FEW STORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE BRIEF LOCALLIZED HEAVY RAIN. 

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADS...ESPECIALLY WITH 

FLOWING WATER. 

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