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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

654 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LUNA COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM 

MDT...



A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EASTWARD JUST SOUTH OF THE 

MEXICAN BORDER SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS. IT EARLIER PRODUCED A FUNNEL 

CLOUD OVER PALOMAS MEXICO. EARLIER THIS EVENING...WHILE THE STORM 

WAS NEAR HERMANAS IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST LUNA COUNTY...A BORDER PATROL 

AGENT REPORTED A FORD F150 WAS WASHED OFF HIGHWAY 9. THIS HIGHWAY IS 

CURRENTLY CLOSED BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND HACHITA. THE NEW MEXICO 

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ALSO REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES FROM OTHER HEAVY RAIN 

AREAS EARLIER TODAY ALONG STATE HIGHWAYS 464 AND 92 IN NORTHERN 

HIDALGO COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE FRONTAGE ROADS ALONG INTERSTATE 10 

IN FAR WESTERN LUNA COUNTY.



VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 9 

IN SOUTHEASTERN LUNA AND SOUTHWESTERN DONA ANA COUNTIES AS THE 

STRONG STORM CONTINUES ITS EASTWARD TREK. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.



DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE NUMBER ONE FLASH FLOOD 

VICTIM IS THE MOTORIST. USE COMMON SENSE AND PREVENT YOURSELF FROM 

BECOMING ANOTHER SAD STATISTIC.



STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST 

WEATHER INFORMATION.

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