FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1236 PM MDT SUN AUG 4 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR:
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO.

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 1230 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THIS PORTION OF THE SILVER FIRE BURN SCAR. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE HEAD WATERS OF THE GALLINAS CANYON. IT CAN TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR THE FLOOD WATERS TO WORK THEIR WAY DOWN TO THE MIMBRES RIVER.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE:

• IRON CREEK CAMPGROUND
• NM STATE HIGHWAY 152
• ROYAL JOHN MINE ROAD BRIDGE