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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
653 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2025
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DONA ANA NM-
653 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DONA ANA COUNTY...
AT 653 PM MDT, A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION IS SETTING UP FOR THE
SOUTHERN MESILLA VALLEY.
RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND SAN
MIGUEL, MESQUITE, VADO, AND HIGH VALLEY. RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN AS
HIGH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR, AND CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE AREA.
SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE VALLEY ITSELF,
DOWNSTREAM OF RETENTION DAMS COMING OFF THE MESA. SERIOUS FLOODING
IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP SOON.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF ARROYOS, LOW LYING
AREAS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ANTHONY, BERINO AND CHAMBERINO.
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON INTERSTATE 10 NEAR MILE MARKER 151
NEAR MESQUITE. RAIN GAUGES FROM DONA ANA COUNTY FLOOD COMMISSION
HAVE TOPPED 2 INCHES AT HIGH VALLEY, MATCHING RADAR ESTIMATES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES,
EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.
LAT...LON 3204 10671 3206 10673 3213 10656 3205 10655
3199 10669
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MPH
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