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000 

WGUS54 KEPZ 130105

FFWELP

NMC035-130300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

656 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO

  INCLUDING ALAMOGORDO...TULAROSA...MAYHILL...HIGH ROLLS...MOUNTAIN 

PARK AND CLOUDCROFT.

  

  

* UNTIL 900 PM MDT



* AT 644 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY FROM ALAMOGORDO EASTWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 82 TO 

HIGH ROLLS AND MOUNTAIN PARK...CLOUDCROFT AND MAYHILL.  HEAVY RAINS 

WERE ALSO OCCURRING ALONG HIGHWAY 54 FROM ALAMOGORDO TO TULAROSA.

PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 54 ARE NOW CLOSED DUE TO HEAVY RAINS. MUDSLIDES 

HAVE ALSO OCURRED NEAR HIGH ROLLS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.





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

THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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000 

WGUS54 KEPZ 130109

FFWELP

NMC035-130300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION ADD CLOUDCROFT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

656 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO

  INCLUDING ALAMOGORDO...TULAROSA...MAYHILL...HIGH ROLLS...MOUNTAIN  

  PARK AND CLOUDCROFT.

  

  

* UNTIL 900 PM MDT



* AT 644 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY FROM ALAMOGORDO EASTWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 82 TO 

HIGH ROLLS AND MOUNTAIN PARK...CLOUDCROFT AND MAYHILL.  HEAVY RAINS 

WERE ALSO OCCURRING ALONG HIGHWAY 54 FROM ALAMOGORDO TO TULAROSA.

PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 54 ARE NOW CLOSED DUE TO HEAVY RAINS. MUDSLIDES 

HAVE ALSO OCURRED NEAR HIGH ROLLS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.





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

THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

