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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

1229 PM MDT FRI SEP 13 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 230 PM MDT



* AT 1225 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED AREAS OF MODERATE RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.25 TO0.75 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

  THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 



  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY...



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...

  CABALLO...

  CUTTER...

  LAS PALOMAS...

  UPHAM...

  ENGLE...

  PLACITAS...

  WILLIAMSBURG...

  ELEPHANT BUTTE...

  DERRY...

  ALAMOSA CANYON...

  ROCK HOUSE...

  NORTH MONTICELLO POINT...

  CABALLO LAKE STATE PARK...



SIERRA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER HAS REPORTED NUMEROUS EVACUATIONS 

INCLUDING IN LAS PALOMAS CANYON AND NEAR THE CUCHILLO BRIDGE ON 

STATE HIGHWAY 51.  MOST LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE AREA ARE ALSO 

REPORTED TO BE FLOODING.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO

CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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LAT...LON 3279 10690 3278 10730 3261 10730 3260 10745

      3348 10744 3349 10688



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