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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
553 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
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DONA ANA NM-SIERRA NM-
553 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...NORTHWESTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
SOUTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 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 553 PM MDT, MODERATE TO OCCASSIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES
TO AFFECT CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
FLOODING ON ANIMAS CREEK, SECO CREEK, LOWER PERCHA CREEK, AND
TRUJILLO CANYON.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ARREY, CABALLO, DERRY, PALOMAS, LOWER ANIMAS CREEK AND AREAS NEAR
CABALLO LAKE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3284 10756 3307 10741 3306 10715 3292 10718
3279 10721 3275 10738 3279 10758
MPH
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