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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
559 PM MDT WED AUG 19 2026
NMC017-200130-
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GRANT NM-
559 PM MDT WED AUG 19 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY...
AT 559 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
MULE CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3321 10879 3310 10883 3288 10884 3283 10889
3284 10897 3286 10905 3321 10905
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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