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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

429 PM MDT SAT AUG 3 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LUNA AND GRANT COUNTIES OF 

SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 530 PM MDT...



AT 430 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS MOST OF GRANT 

COUNTY NEAR SILVER CITY...PINOS ALTOS...LAKE ROBERTS...AND CLIF.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO ALONG HIGHWAYS 180 AND 90.



IN LUNA COUNTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR COLUMBUS AND 

ALONG HIGHWAY 11 SOUTH OF DEMING.



EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER DEMING WITH 

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FALLING NEAR FAYWOOD AND SILVER CITY.

THE HEAVY RAINS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS AND 

ALONG LOW LYING STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. REMEMBER NEVER TO WALK OR DRIVE 

ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADS BUT INSTEAD FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES OF 

TRAVEL.



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

THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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