THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 600 PM MDT * AT 154 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHERMAN... SAN JUAN... FAYWOOD... IRON CREEK CAMPGROUND... GALINAS CANYON... SR152 BETWEEN SHERWOOD AND FAYWOOD... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT NEAR SILVER FIRE BURN AREA. RAPID RISES IN WATER AND QUICK MOVING DEBRIS FLOWS ARE POSSIBLE. AVOID CREEKS AND DRAINAGES NEAR BURNED AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY. IF CAUGHT BY FLASH FLOODING OR DEBRIS FLOWS...CALL 911. 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. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAN QUICKLY TURN DRY DESERT WASHES AND ARROYOS INTO RAGING RIVERS...EVEN IN AREAS FAR FROM WHERE RAIN HAS FALLEN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ARROYOS. SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN CARVE DEEP CHANNELS IN PREVIOUSLY SHALLOW WASHES...AND WATER CAN BE MUCH DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. IF YOUR ROUTE BECOMES CUT OFF BY FLOODED ARROYOS...WAIT FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE. 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. && LAT...LON 3296 10783 3294 10778 3286 10777 3278 10774 3261 10787 3275 10793 -SWC-
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 19:57:08 +0000
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