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WGUS54 KEPZ 221824  
FFWEPZ  
NMC051-222130-  
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM  
1224 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 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 330 PM MDT.  
 
* AT 1224 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN  
HAS FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO 2 INCHES IN 1  
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 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, URBAN  
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS  
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
HILLSBORO AND KINGSTON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.  
 
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 3290 10745 3289 10748 3290 10763 3288 10777  
3291 10777 3292 10777 3303 10777 3303 10761  
3297 10755  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR  
 
 
 
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