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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
352 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 645 PM MDT.
* AT 352 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE
BEEN OBSERVED. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS BEEN IN THE AREA OF BUG
SCUFFLE TO NEAR SACRAMENTO LAKE SOUTH OF SUNSPOT, AND AT THE HEAD
OF HAY CANYON AND AGUA CHIQUITA CREEK.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, ROADS, AS WELL
AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
TIMBERON, SACRAMENTO, SUNSPOT, MAYHILL, WEED, HAY CANYON, COX
CANYON, BENSON RIDGE, MILLER FLATS, MCDONALD FLATS AND LOWER DRY
BURNT CANYON.
FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR ON THE SACRAMENTO RIVER IN AND NEAR
TIMBERON, AND AGUA CHIQUITA CREEK ABOVE SACRAMENTO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3273 10535 3271 10549 3266 10562 3256 10554
3248 10554 3247 10560 3255 10580 3265 10575
3269 10577 3272 10583 3280 10584 3290 10578
3293 10556 3294 10543 3293 10535
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
MPH
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