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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
619 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS EXTENDED
THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 830 PM MDT.
* AT 619 PM MDT, THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE WARNING
AREA, AFTER PRODUCING BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR THE
HEADS OF PALOMAS CANYON, SECO CREEK, AND ANIMAS CREEK. HOWEVER,
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE MOVING INTO
THE AREA FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD RISK IN
THE WARNING AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
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,
LOW WATER CROSSINGS, RURAL ROADS, AS WELL 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
MPH
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