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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1145 AM MDT TUE SEP 29 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...
SOUTHERN SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHEASTERN LUNA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 245 PM MDT.
* AT 1145 AM MDT, THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES UP TO
3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE MOVING INTO THE HATCH AND RINCON VALLEY. THIS
WILL LEAD TO SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING ON ARROYOS AND LOW WATER
CROSSINGS, AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, INCLUDING IN RINCON.
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...
HATCH, RINCON, ANGOSTURA, PEACEFUL VALLEY.
ALL LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON HIGHWAY 185 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 35
WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. EXPECT RAPID RISES ON RINCON ARROYO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3261 10730 3263 10724 3265 10720 3270 10719
3278 10723 3278 10695 3268 10701 3263 10700
3255 10696 3254 10699 3252 10707 3251 10715
3248 10730
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MPH
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