Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS El Paso, TX

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WGUS74 KEPZ 170109
FFSELP
NMC013-170200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
707 PM MDT TUE JUL 16 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM FOR
NORTHWEST DONA ANA COUNTY...

A CLUSTER OF FORMERLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN HATCH AND
RADIUM SPRINGS HAS REMAINED STATIONARY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR JUST
WEST OF INTERSTATE 25.  THE AREA RECEIVING THE MOST RAIN IS OVER
THE SIERRA DE LAS UVAS MOUNTAINS.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO FOUR
INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THIS AREA. AN OBSERVATION SITE IN THE
SAME MOUNTAINS DID RECORD ALMOST FOUR INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE
LAST HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE COLLAPSING AND DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY...
HOWEVER RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT
HOUR. DRAINAGES AND ARROYOS WHICH DRAIN EAST FROM THE SIERRA DE
LAS UVAS MOUNTAINS INTO THE RIO GRANDE ARE LIKELY TO BE RUNNING
AND SOME MANY BE OUT OF THERE BANKS. EXPECT FLOODED LOW WATER
CROSSINGS AND ARROYOS WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN HATCH AND
LEASBURG.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES... DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL
ONE... ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
FLOODING OF SOME AREAS MAY BE DELAYED WELL AFTER THE RAIN STOPS
AS WATER CONTINUES TO DRAIN.

000 
WGUS74 KEPZ 170137
FFSELP
NMC013-170230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
735 PM MDT TUE JUL 16 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 730 PM MDT...

LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER NORTH CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY
BUT THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DISSIPATED.
THEREFORE THE THREAT OF CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED.

THE HEAVY RAIN FROM THE EARLIER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRAIN
TOWARDS THE RIO GRANDE FROM THE SIERRA DE LAS UVAS HIGH COUNTRY
THEREFORE LOCALIZED  FLOODING OF DRAINAGES AND LOW AREA IS STILL
A GOOD POSSIBILITY. THE AREA TO BE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED WITH IS
THE AREA FROM HATCH SOUTH TO LEASBURG AND GENERALLY WEST AND
ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. LAS CRUCES CENTRAL DISPATCH REPORTED
FLOODED AND WASHED OUT ROADS NEAR RINCON.

AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS... AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND... SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. IF
FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

000 
WGUS74 KEPZ 170155
FFSELP
NMC013-170300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
755 PM MDT TUE JUL 16 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED AT 730 PM MDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN FROM THE EARLIER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRAIN 
TOWARDS THE RIO GRANDE FROM THE SIERRA DE LAS UVAS HIGH COUNTRY 
THEREFORE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF DRAINAGES AND LOW AREA IS STILL A 
GOOD POSSIBILITY. THE AREA TO BE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED WITH IS THE 
AREA FROM HATCH SOUTH TO LEASBURG AND GENERALLY WEST AND ALONG THE 
RIO GRANDE. DONA ANA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORT THAT HIGHWAY 185 IS 
WASHED OUT AT MILE MARKER 22 NEAR RADIUM SPRINGS...AND ALSO NEAR THE 
RAYOS DEL SOL INTERSECTION AT RINCON. 

LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER NORTH CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY THE 
THREAT OF CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED. STILL AREA RESIDENTS 
SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS... AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER 
GROUND... SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS 
OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD 
WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 
RISING.

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