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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
456 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
NMC017-029-051-300100-
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GRANT NM-LUNA NM-SIERRA NM-
456 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...SOUTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
LUNA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 700 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED 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 456 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY
IN THE WARNED AREA.
- 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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