854
WGUS54 KEPZ 250730
FFWEPZ
NMC035-251330-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0175.260925T0730Z-260925T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
130 AM MDT FRI SEP 25 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 730 AM MDT.
* AT 130 AM MDT, MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FALLING OVER HIGHLY
SATURATED GROUND IN THE EASTERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS WILL LEAD TO
CONSIDERABLE FLOODING IN AREA STREAMS OVERNIGHT. IMPACTS WILL BE
WORSE THE FURTHER DOWNSTREAM, OR EAST YOU GO, AS RUNOFF BUILDS UP.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
ROADS, AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WASHOUTS AND STREAM BANK
EROSION ARE LIKELY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SACRAMENTO, MAYHILL, WEED, SIXTEEN SPRINGS, JAMES CANYON, COX
CANYON AND HAY CANYON.
IMPACTED STREAMS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
RIO PENASCO, AGUA CHIQUITA CREEK, BLUEWATER CREEK, DRY BURNT CANYON,
ELK CANYON, LOWER PORTIONS OF HAY CANYON, COX CANYON, AND JAMES
CANYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3273 10535 3275 10541 3271 10550 3268 10560
3271 10566 3273 10571 3276 10573 3281 10574
3287 10571 3292 10566 3300 10551 3303 10544
3301 10538 3297 10532 3296 10532 3296 10535
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MPH
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page