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TXC055-NMC032-2002230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

310PM MDT SAT JUL 20 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY TEXAS AND 

SOUTHEASTERN DONA ANA COUNTY NEW MEXICO REMAINS IN EFFECT 

UNTIL 4:30 PM...



AT 3:05 PM...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ARE MOVING NORTH 

OVER SOUTHEASTERN DONA ANA COUNTY AT THIS TIME. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM 

IS DEVELOPING JUST SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN EL PASO CITY SHOULD MOVE 

NORTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS. 

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STREET 

FLOODING...PONDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...RUNNING WATER IN 

ARROYOS POSSIBLE DISTANT FROM THE SOURCE OF RAINFALL.



NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE AT THIS TIME.



REMEMBER...AREAS FAR AWAY FROM THE SOURCE OF THE RAINFALL WILL HAVE 

RUNNING WATER THROUGH THE NIGHT.



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OVER THE HIGHWAY...WHEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE 

TO SEE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER.   



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