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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
320 PM MDT MON SEP 28 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 515 PM MDT.
* AT 320 PM MDT, THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES ARE
MOVING BETWEEN HATCH AND RADIUM SPRINGS. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN IN BASINS THAT FEED SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON
HIGHWAY 185. DANGEROUS FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG HIGHWAY 185 SOUTH
OF HATCH AND NORTH OF RADIUM SPRINGS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PEACEFUL VALLEY AND RADIUM SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3266 10710 3262 10714 3255 10712 3252 10709
3254 10703 3255 10699 3258 10699 3264 10703
3265 10704 3266 10708
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MPH
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