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WGUS84 KEPZ 092251
FLSEPZ
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
451 PM MDT WED SEP 9 2026
NMC051-100045-
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SIERRA NM-
451 PM MDT WED SEP 9 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...URBAN AREA AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 645 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 450 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.
BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SALADO CREEK, RIO GRANDE, LAS ANIMAS CREEK, PERCHA CREEK, PALOMAS
CREEK, HONDA, GREENHORN ARROYO, CUCHILLO NEGRO CREEK, GREYBACK
ARROYO AND SECO CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ARREY, UPHAM, CABALLO, CUCHILLO, TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, ENGLE,
PALOMAS, CITY OF ELEPHANT BUTTE, CUTTER, SPACEPORT AMERICA,
WILLIAMSBURG, ASH CANYON, LOWER PALOMAS CANYON, HOT SPRINGS
LANDING AND ROCK CANYON.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3286 10731 3283 10696 3318 10701 3329 10713
3324 10737 3297 10748
DENNHARDT
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