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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1233 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2025
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GRANT NM-
1233 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE TROUT FIRE BURN SCAR REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY...
AT 1233 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE TROUT FIRE BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW
MOVING THROUGH THE TROUT FIRE BURN SCAR, INTO CANYONS FLOWING NORTH
TOWARDS SAPILLO CREEK BELOW LAKE ROBERTS DAM, INCLUDING MEADOW
CREEK. SAPILLO CREEK DOWNSTREAM...OR WEST OF LAKE ROBERTS DAM WILL
ALSO BE IMPACTED. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD,
VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND THE
TROUT FIRE BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE TROUT FIRE BURN
SCAR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAKE ROBERTS, MEADOW CREEK, TROUT VALLEY AND SAPILLO CREEK VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
DITCHES IN THE TROUT FIRE BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE
ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN
PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
LAT...LON 3302 10816 3296 10817 3294 10815 3293 10812
3292 10814 3292 10817 3294 10817 3295 10821
3298 10824 3305 10825 3304 10816
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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