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Category: Weather Weather
Published: 27 July 2017 27 July 2017

significant weather 072717Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
619 PM MDT THU JUL 27 2017

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Grant County in south central New Mexico...
Northwestern Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico...

* Until 1015 PM MDT

* At 618 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to one inch of rain has
already fallen in less than 30 minutes with additional rainfall
expected. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Virden...
Cliff...
Riverside...
and Bill Evans Lake.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles. Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will
cause flooding of small creeks and streams, country roads, farmland,
and other low lying spots.