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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1032 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
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OTERO NM-SIERRA NM-
1032 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MDT WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 100 AM MDT.
* 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 1030 PM MDT, MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES
TO MOVE ACROSS OTERO COUNTY. FLOODING IS LIKELY 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 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 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 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
BROWN
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