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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

525 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND 

WESTERN SIERRA COUNTIES...



AT 545 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LESS NUMEROUS IN 

THE AREA AND MOST OF THEM HAD WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND WESTERN SIERRA COUNTIES WAS  

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR 

SIERRA COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 MDT. ISOLATED LOCATIONS 

WILL STILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS FROM ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL. 



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.



LAT...LON 3312 10807 3256 10810 3282 10733 3333 10733



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