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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
331 PM MDT SAT AUG 1 2026
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 630 PM MDT.
* AT 331 PM MDT, SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE LINED UP ALONG THE
WEST SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS, AT THE HEAD OF SEVERAL
CANYONS, INCLUDING LA LUZ, FRESNAL, HAYNES, AND LABORCITA. SOME OF
THESE AREAS RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND ARE
SATURATED. EXPECT LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING FOLLOWED BY ENHANCED
FLOWS IN THESE CANYONS, POSSIBLY REACHING LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN
THE LOWER ELEVATIONS BELOW THIS EVENING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, ROADS, LOW
WATER CROSSINGS, WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-
LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BURRO FLATS, HIGH ROLLS, MOUNTAIN PARK, LA LUZ, LABORCITA CANYON,
AND KARR CANYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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 3292 10575 3288 10579 3288 10581 3292 10582
3297 10591 3297 10592 3297 10596 3300 10597
3301 10596 3301 10594 3302 10592 3302 10589
3303 10588 3304 10585 3306 10583 3306 10580
3296 10578
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
MPH
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