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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
225 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 530 PM MDT.
* AT 225 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 185
BETWEEN HATCH AND THE BORDER PATROL CHECKPOINT. ARROYOS AND LOW
WATER CROSSINGS HAVE BECOME INUNDATED AND TOO DANGEROUS TO CROSS.
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF ARROYOS, HIGHWAYS,
STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW MEXICO HIGHWAY 185 BETWEEN HATCH AND RADIUM SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS, STREAMS, AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES, EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.
LAT...LON 3253 10706 3254 10710 3257 10713 3257 10714
3259 10714 3262 10713 3263 10711 3266 10710
3266 10709 3266 10707 3265 10704 3264 10704
3263 10704 3262 10702 3260 10701 3259 10700
3257 10699 3255 10699 3254 10703
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
MPH
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