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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
301 PM MDT SAT SEP 19 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 500 PM MDT.
* AT 301 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1.3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP 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 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...
ALAMOSA CANYON.
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 3338 10741 3336 10744 3329 10744 3326 10735
3331 10735 3327 10725 3336 10723 3340 10736
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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