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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1005 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GRANT COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 

MIDNIGHT...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SIERRA COUNTY NEW MEXICO CANCELLED...



AT 10 PM A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING AS THEY 

MOVED INTO SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY BETWEEN REDROCK AND SEPAR NEAR 

HIGHWAY 90 AND INTERSTATE 10. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS 

EVENING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE 

SILVER CITY AND SEPAR VICINITIES CAUSING SOME FLOODING AND ROAD 

CLOSURES OVER THE AREA. STORMS HAVE BEEN DECREASING AND WEAKENING 

ACROSS GRANT COUNTY OVER THE PAST HOUR SO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL 

BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT.



LITTLE OR NO RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SIERRA COUNTY NEW MEXICO SINCE 

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SIERRA COUNTY 

IS CANCELLED.



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