THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 800 AM MDT *
AT 553 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THIS AREA OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LAS CRUCES... SAN MIGUEL... MESILLA... TALAVERA... FAIRACRES... SAN MIGUEL IN DONA ANA COUNTY... NMSU MAIN CAMPUS... MESQUITE... DONA ANA... EAST MESA... VADO... TWIN PEAKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.