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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
659 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2025
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DONA ANA NM-
659 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DONA ANA COUNTY...
AT 659 PM MDT, A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION IS SETTING UP FOR THE
SOUTHERN MESILLA VALLEY.
RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND BERINO,
ESPECIALLY EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 28. RAINFALL AMOUNTS TAPER OFF TO
AROUND 1 INCH CLOSER TO CHAMBERINO. HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED NORTH AND
EAST OF THE AREA, BUT RUNOFF IS LIKELY STILL AFFECTING ARROYOS
COMING OFF THE EAST MESA.FLAS
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ANTHONY, BERINO AND CHAMBERINO.
FLOOD REPORTS ARE BEGINNING TO COME IN, INCLUDING A CLOSURE ON I-10
NEAR VADO DUE TO FLOODING.
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 3204 10671 3206 10673 3213 10656 3205 10655
3199 10669
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MPH
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