FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
139 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
* AT 135 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE
WESTERN EDGE OF THE SILVER FIRE BURN SCAR. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
WAS OCCURRING IN THE UPPER MIMBRES AND MCKNIGHT CANYON DRAINAGES
WHERE AROUND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
EARLIER RAINFALL OF ABOUT A HALF INCH HAS ALREADY FALLEN FURTHER
UPSTREAM ALONG THE WEST SLOPES OF THE BLACK RANGE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMP THUNDERBIRD...
MIMBRES...
LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG THE MIMBRES RIVER ROUGHLY BETWEEN FOREST
ROAD 150 AND JUST NORTH OF SAN LORENZO ARE LIKELY TO BECOME
IMPASSABLE AND FILLED WITH BLACK WATER AND DEBRIS.
WATER MAY TAKE 2
TO 4 HOURS TO REACH THIS AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS..
.DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW
INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.