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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1245 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
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DONA ANA NM-SIERRA NM-
1245 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL DONA ANA AND SOUTHERN SIERRA COUNTIES...
AT 1245 PM MDT, WHILE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF GARFIELD AND SALEM
AREAS FOR NOW, SIGNIFICANT RUN OFF IS CONTINUING. OF PARTICULAR
CONCERN ARE THE FEW ARROYOS THAT LACK RETENTION DAMS, INCLUDING
BROADBURST ARROYO, AND THE UNNAMED ARROYOS JUST NORTH OF GARFIELD
CANYON, NEAR COUNTY ROAD E-055.
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...
SALEM AND GARFIELD.
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 3261 10730 3261 10731 3264 10731 3270 10743
3273 10743 3276 10742 3276 10738 3279 10723
3270 10718 3265 10720 3262 10724
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MPH
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