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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1204 PM MDT FRI JUL 18 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE TROUT FIRE BURN SCAR IN...
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 200 PM MDT.
* AT 1204 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE TROUT FIRE BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW
MOVING THROUGH THE TROUT FIRE BURN SCAR, INTO CANYONS FLOWING EAST
TOWARDS THE MIMBRES RIVER, INCLUDING THREE CIRCLE, SOLDIERS,
COTTONWOOD, AND BEAR CANYONS. THE MIMBRES RIVER WILL ALSO BE
IMPACTED. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND
OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE TROUT FIRE
BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE TROUT FIRE BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SAN LORENZO, SHINGLE CANYON, ALLIE CANYON, MIMBRES RIVER PRESERVE,
COTTONWOOD CANYON, BEAR CANYON, SOLDIERS CANYON, THREE CIRCLE
CANYON, MIMBRES, CAMP THUNDERBIRD AND UPPER MIMBRES VALLEY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
LAMPBRIGHT DRAW, WEST FORK MIMBRES RIVER, HANOVER CREEK, MIMBRES
RIVER, MEADOW CREEK, EAST FORK MIMBRES RIVER, SAPILLO CREEK AND
STEPHENS CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
DITCHES IN THE TROUT FIRE BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE
ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN
PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
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 3287 10813 3292 10817 3292 10814 3293 10812
3293 10810 3296 10810 3298 10805 3296 10801
3284 10793 3278 10790 3278 10792 3282 10795
3286 10803
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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