

458 

WGUS54 KEPZ 131440

FFWEPZ

NMC051-131830-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

840 AM MDT FRI SEP 13 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...



* UNTIL 1230 PM MDT



* AT 836 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE

  WARNED AREA.



* 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...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH NOON.



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. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.



&&



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

      3348 10744 3349 10688



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