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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
325 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT.
* AT 325 PM MDT, THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN EAST OF THE
BLACK RANGE AND WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. RUNOFF FROM THESE
STORMS WILL CAUSE WATER TO FLOW IN PALOMAS CREEK, SECO CREEK, AND
ANIMAS CREEK. LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY BECOME INUNDATED,
ESPECIALLY IN PALOMAS CANYON AND ALONG ANIMAS CREEK.
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 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...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, ARROYOS,
AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS, AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND
LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CABALLO, SAN MIGUEL, PALOMAS, LADDER RANCH, WILLIAMSBURG, UPPER
PALOMAS CANYON, LOWER PALOMAS CANYON, LOWER ANIMAS CREEK.
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 3311 10730 3311 10728 3309 10728 3308 10729
3307 10727 3304 10728 3298 10729 3296 10730
3298 10741 3300 10748 3303 10753 3300 10765
3303 10765 3309 10759 3316 10754 3321 10746
3324 10741 3321 10737 3313 10730
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
MPH
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