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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
656 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
..FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HATCH VALLEY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE HATCH VALLEY IN NORTHWESTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 845 PM MDT.
* AT 652 PM MDT, DONA ANA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REQUESTED THE
ISSUANCE OF A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE HATCH VALLEY BETWEEN
THE SIERRA COUNTY LINE AND RINCON. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTS REPORT
SEVERAL RETENTION DAMS ARE NEAR FULL IN THE AREA, AND INTENSE
RUNOFF IS FLOWING IN THE AREA. AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF HATCH ARE
BEING EVACUATED.
FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HATCH VALLEY. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, AND RIVERS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
HATCH, SALEM, GARFIELD, AND RINCON.
THE RIO GRANDE GAUGE AT HAYNER'S BRIDGE NEAR RINCON 10.8 FEET, WITH A
FLOW OF 6,250 CFS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING DOWNSTREAM ON THE RIO
GRANDE IN LOCATIONS NOT PROTECTED BY LEVEES. EXPECT FLOODING TO
IMPACT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 185, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE OLD MARTINEZ
ARENA AT MILE MARKER 22.
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 3278 10726 3278 10730 3272 10730 3269 10726
3267 10721 3266 10720 3264 10710 3266 10710
3266 10709 3267 10708 3267 10711 3268 10714
3269 10718 3271 10720 3277 10725
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
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