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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
426 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT.
* AT 426 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
AROUND SANTA CLARA AND FORT BAYARD. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE CAMERON CREEK WATERSHED JUST NORTH OF
SANTA CLARA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY. LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG CAMERON CREEK, INCLUDING THOSE
IN SANTA CLARA, WILL LIKELY BECOME INUNDATED AND TOO DANGEROUS TO
CROSS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHINGLE CANYON, COBRE, BAYARD, HANOVER, FIERRO, SANTA CLARA AND
FORT BAYARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3286 10804 3286 10802 3273 10814 3271 10816
3262 10816 3263 10818 3271 10818 3274 10817
3278 10818 3282 10818 3283 10816 3286 10813
3287 10810
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
MPH
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