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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
527 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
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OTERO NM-SIERRA NM-
527 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...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 527 PM MDT, MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES
TO MOVE ACROSS OTERO COUNTY. FLOODING IS LIKELY TO IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTY. MINOR FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY
IN ALL ARROYOS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
- THIS WARNING REPLACES SEVERAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN THE
TULAROSA BASIN AREA AS RAINFALL RATES HAVE SUBSIDED. FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO
MOUNTAINS. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED FOR MORE LOCALIZED
AREAS OF SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING AS NEEDED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALAMOGORDO, TULAROSA, MESCALERO, CLOUDCROFT, OROGRANDE, WHITE
SANDS NATIONAL PARK, MAYHILL, PINON AND BURRO FLATS.
- 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.
LAT...LON 3339 10635 3339 10573 3331 10573 3331 10532
3296 10533 3296 10535 3252 10535 3252 10516
3200 10497 3200 10625 3223 10616 3227 10637
3295 10637 3295 10633
MPH
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