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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
539 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT.
* AT 539 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE SACRAMENTO RIVER ROAD SOUTHEAST OF
TIMBERON. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND ARROYOS, LOW WATER
CROSSINGS, ROADS, AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING
AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PORTIONS OF THE SACRAMENTO RIVER ROAD SOUTHEAST OF TIMBERON.
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 3256 10554 3253 10557 3250 10558 3252 10559
3254 10559 3255 10558 3257 10560 3257 10561
3258 10563 3261 10563 3263 10561 3261 10556
3259 10554
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
MPH
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