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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM  
216 PM MDT WED OCT 8 2025  
  
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A  
  
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
  NORTHWESTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...  
  
* UNTIL 445 PM MDT.  
  
* AT 216 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING   
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF   
  RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 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, URBAN  
           AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS  
           OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  
  
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN SIERRA COUNTY  
  
HIGHEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE WITHIN ALEXANDER CANYON,   
ALONG WITH SEVENTYFOUR DRAW.  
  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
  
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD   
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
  
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE   
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED   
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.  
  
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE   
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME   
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR   
CREEKS.  
  
  
  
LAT...LON 3339 10792 3336 10789 3332 10791 3332 10800  
      3341 10800 3341 10795  
  
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
  
  
  
LPR  
 
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