THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED AN
* ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...
WEST CENTRAL LUNA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 830 PM MDT
* AT 630 PM MDT...YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...
ALONG INTERSTATE 10 NEAR GAGE AND SEPAR. RADAR ESTIMATED AT LEAST
ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST HOUR WITH THESE
STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEPAR...
GAGE...
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH OR MORE IN THE NEXT TWO
HOURS...IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS ACTIVITY.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO
CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.