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Published: 31 July 2013 31 July 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED AN

* ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...
  WEST CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT


* AT 326 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER
  RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH NEAR THE BLACK
  CANYON CAMPGROUND AND THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OVER NORTHWESTERN   
  PORTIONS OF THE SILVER FIRE BURN SCAR AREA.  STORMS ARE MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AS ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOP OVER
  SOUTHWESTERN SIERRA COUNTY WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE
  ADVISORY AREA. THIS MAY RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL THREE-QUARTERS TO
  ONE AND A QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 600 PM OVER THE ADVISORY
  AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE ROBERTS...
  GILA HOT SPRINGS...
  EMORY PASS...
  COONEY...
  RIVERSIDE...
  CAMP THUNDERBIRD...
  GILA...
  CLIFF...
  IRON CREEK CAMPGROUND...
  ROCKY CANYON CAMPGROUND...
  BLACK CANYON CAMPGROUNDS...
  SAPILLO CAMPGROUND...

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
NEVER DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON ROADWAYS. TURN
AROUND...DON'T DROWN.