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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
350 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 645 PM MDT.
* AT 350 PM MDT, THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1
TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE SLOWLY PUSHING SOUTH OF HILLSBORO INTO
THE LAKE VALLEY AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. EXPECT FLASH FLOODING IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG
STATE HIGHWAY 27, AND FURTHER DOWNSTREAM FLOODING IN ARROYOS IN
THE ARREY AREA, INCLUDING TRUJILLO CANYON AND TIERRA BLANCA CREEK.
IT MAY TAKE A COUPLE HOURS FOR FLOWS TO REACH THE LOWER ENDS OF
THE CANYONS. ENHANCED FLOWS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG PERCHA CREEK.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND ARROYOS, ROADS, AND
LOW WATER CROSSINGS, AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ARREY, HILLSBORO, LAKE VALLEY, KINGSTON, LOWER ANIMAS CREEK AND
CABALLO LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
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 3300 10771 3297 10763 3294 10751 3294 10742
3296 10731 3292 10731 3289 10729 3284 10729
3279 10730 3276 10735 3272 10730 3271 10742
3270 10756 3272 10764 3277 10771 3287 10776
3294 10776
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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