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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
142 AM MDT FRI AUG 19 2022
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE BLACK FIRE BURN SCAR IN...
WEST CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 400 AM MDT.
* AT 142 AM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE BLACK FIRE BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW
MOVING THROUGH THE PALOMAS AND SECO CREEK HEADWATERS. THE DEBRIS
FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND
THE BLACK FIRE BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE BLACK FIRE BURN
SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
HERMOSA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CIRCLE SEVEN CREEK, MORGAN CREEK, BLACK CANYON, PALOMAS CREEK,
SHEEP CREEK, LAS ANIMAS CREEK, SECO CREEK, SOUTH FORK NORTH SECO
CREEK, EAST FORK MIMBRES RIVER, NORTH FORK PALOMAS CREEK, CHERRY
CREEK, SOUTH FORK PALOMAS CREEK, MIMBRES RIVER, SOUTH FORK MIMBRES
RIVER AND SALADO CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
DITCHES IN THE BLACK FIRE BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE
ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN
PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3303 10787 3317 10790 3318 10788 3319 10754
3308 10755
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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