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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
653 AM MDT TUE JUL 29 2025
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LUNA NM-
653 AM MDT TUE JUL 29 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...SOUTH-CENTRAL LUNA COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO.
* WHEN...UNTIL 900 AM MDT.
* IMPACTS...DEEP STANDING WATER AND FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 653 AM MDT, HEAVY RAINFALL OF OVER 3 INCHES OCCURRED JUST
EAST AND SOUTH OF COLUMBUS VILLAGE DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS.
WHILE RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED, AREAS OF FLOODING REMAIN DUE
TO THE SLOWLY DRAINING TERRAIN IN THE AREA. AT 740 AM, COUNTY
DISPATCHERS REPORTED WATER 2 FEET DEEP JUST NORTH OF THE
COLUMBUS PALOMAS PORT OF ENTRY. WATER WAS ALSO FLOWING ACROSS
HIGHWAY 11 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 2. DEEP WATER WAS ALSO
REPORTED NEAR MILE MARKER 93 ON HIGHWAY 9 JUST EAST OF
COLUMBUS.
- RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE VILLAGE OF COLUMBUS WERE MUCH
LOWER, THOUGH OVER 1.20 INCHES WAS RECORDED AT PANCHO VILLA
STATE PARK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBUS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3196 10748 3189 10739 3178 10742 3178 10772
3182 10770 3186 10764 3189 10762 3193 10760
MPH
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