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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

501 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO

  INCLUDING THE CITY OF SILVER CITY

  SOUTHWESTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO



* UNTIL 700 PM MDT



* AT 5 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED AND WEATHER RADAR 

INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING NEAR 

KINGSTON...SILVER CITY...REDROCK...AND PINOS ALTOS NEW MEXICO AND 

ALONG HIGHWAYS 152...35 AND 90. WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED OVER 

2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN NEAR KINGSTON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT 

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.





LAT...LON 3312 10872 3265 10862 3268 10762 3316 10773



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