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WGUS54 KEPZ 200425
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TXC141-200545-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1025 PM MDT FRI SEP 19 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT.
* AT 1025 PM MDT, THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAVE
STALLED OUT OVER FORT BLISS AND PARTS OF EAST EL PASO. THE EL PASO
AIRPORT HAS PICKED UP NEARLY 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT AN HOUR.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN STRETCHES FROM FORT BLISS AND EAST, ROUGHLY
BETWEEN SPUR 601 AND MONTANA.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS, ARROYOS, HIGHWAYS,
STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
FORT BLISS, EAST EL PASO, FAR EAST EL PASO, AND HOMESTEAD MEADOWS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3185 10617 3176 10616 3176 10632 3178 10640
3179 10644 3187 10644 3190 10635 3189 10618
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
MPH
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