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WGUS44 KEPZ 291939
FLWEPZ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
139 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
NMC017-029-051-292300-
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GRANT NM-LUNA NM-SIERRA NM-
139 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
LUNA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 500 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING. STREAMS CONTINUE
TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE. EXPECT
MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 139 PM MDT, BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS. REPORTS OF FLOODING CONTINUE TO INCREASE,
ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE
DANGEROUSLY INUNDATED AT TIMES.
- THIS WARNING REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT
FOR THE SAME AREA. GOING FORWARD, ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS
WILL BE ISSUED FOR MORE LOCALIZED, HIGH-END AREAS OF FLASH
FLOODING AS NEEDED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBUS, DEMING, AKELA, LAKE VALLEY, CARZALIA VALLEY, HERMANAS,
GAGE, SUNSHINE, BUTTERFIELD TRAIL ESTATES, ROCK HOUND STATE PARK,
UVAS VALLEY, DEMING RANCHETTES AND WATERLOO.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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 3249 10823 3251 10823 3252 10805 3253 10792
3273 10772 3280 10757 3277 10742 3278 10730
3260 10730 3178 10731 3178 10820
MPH
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