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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
116 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 415 PM MDT.
* AT 116 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH 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, HIGHWAYS,
STREETS AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING
AREAS. WATER WILL BE FLOWING DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS TOWARDS MAYHILL.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SACRAMENTO, MAYHILL, JAMES CANYON AND COX CANYON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CHIQUITA CREEK, AGUA, COX CANYON AND PENASCO RIO.
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 3286 10548 3283 10554 3279 10559 3283 10563
3289 10561 3293 10560 3293 10556 3293 10554
3289 10547
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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