549
WGUS74 KEPZ 230416
FFSEPZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1016 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2025
NMC035-230500-
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OTERO NM-
1016 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR TULAROSA CREEK IN NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY...
AT 1016 PM MDT, HEAVY RAIN HAS SUBSIDED ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING
AREA, BUT RUNOFF CONTINUES, AND ADDITIONAL RAIN HAS FALLEN UPSTREAM
OVER NOGAL CANYON.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS AND RUNOFF.
SOURCE...RADAR AND RIVER GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE GAUGE ON
TULAROSA CREEK NEAR THE WEST END OF GATO MOUNTAIN ROAD
ROSE BY ABOUT 4.5 FEET BETWEEN 9 AND 9:30 PM, REACHING
6.5 FEET, OR 1100 CFS. RECORD FLOWS ARE OVER 4000 CFS.
STILL, HIGH FLOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FLOW DOWNSTREAM
TOWARDS TULAROSA, LIKELY MAKING LOW WATER CROSSINGS TOO
DANGEROUS TO CROSS LATE INTO THE NIGHT. ALSO, HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER NOGAL CANYON WILL WORK INTO TULAROSA
CREEK, ALSO SUPPORTING INCREASED FLOWS. THIS WARNING
WILL BE EXTENDED SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
TULAROSA, LOWER NOGAL CANYON AND BENT.
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.
LAT...LON 3309 10610 3310 10606 3310 10598 3314 10593
3317 10586 3314 10584 3308 10599 3308 10605
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
MPH
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