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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
207 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
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DONA ANA NM-LUNA NM-SIERRA NM-
207 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN DONA ANA, SOUTHERN SIERRA AND NORTHEASTERN
LUNA COUNTIES...
AT 207 PM MDT, ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS MOVING UP INTO THE
HATCH VALLEY, WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS
WILL EXACERBATE FLOODING IN THE AREA, INCLUDING IN RINCON VILLAGE,
AND ON ALL LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE AREA.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODIN
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, RINCONCITO, AND PEACEFUL VALLEY.
EXPECT SEVERE FLOODING ON LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG HIGHWAY 185
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 33.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. HIGHWAY 154 IS ALSO LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
SERIOUS FLOODING.
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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