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WGUS84 KEPZ 081930
FLSEPZ
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
130 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2025
NMC035-082130-
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OTERO NM-
130 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, OTERO.
* WHEN...UNTIL 330 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 129 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING. BETWEEN
0.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 0.5 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE
AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 244 SOUTH OF MESCALERO.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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.
LAT...LON 3308 10558 3313 10570 3322 10572 3321 10543
3317 10544
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