382
WGUS54 KEPZ 202045
FFWEPZ
NMC035-202200-
/O.EXT.KEPZ.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-260720T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
245 PM MDT MON JUL 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS EXTENDED
THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 400 PM MDT.
* AT 245 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 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.
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...
MESCALERO, BENT, MUD CANYON, SOUTH TULAROSA CANYON AND SOLDIER
CANYON.
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.
LAT...LON 3318 10590 3322 10575 3321 10566 3316 10565
3309 10575 3313 10590
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
ZA
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page