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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1022 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
NMC013-051-301115-
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DONA ANA NM-SIERRA NM-
1022 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM MDT WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 515 AM MDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...WHILE RAINS HAVE DIMINISHED, FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS,
STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. IT
WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK
THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1022 PM MDT, FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY
IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HATCH, UPHAM, LEASBURG, ARREY, RINCON, CABALLO, LAS CRUCES,
CUCHILLO, VADO, TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE
HEADQUARTERS AND RADIUM SPRINGS.
- 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 ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3278 10726 3279 10726 3286 10771 3346 10768
3344 10644 3345 10643 3209 10642 3210 10668
3194 10665 3190 10727
LUNDEEN
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