872  
WGUS44 KEPZ 300504  
FLWEPZ  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM  
1104 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026  
 
NMC017-029-051-300715-  
/O.EXT.KEPZ.FA.W.0016.000000T0000Z-260930T0715Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
GRANT NM-LUNA NM-SIERRA NM-  
1104 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT WEDNESDAY
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...SOUTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...  
EAST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...  
LUNA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 115 AM MDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY STILL BE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND  
MAY NOT BE PASSABLE. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING  
WATER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1102 PM MDT, RAIN HAS LARGELY ENDED ACROSS THE AREA BUT  
FLOODING MAY BE ONGOING.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
HATCH, LEASBURG, RINCON, NORTHRUP LANDING, RADIUM SPRINGS, DONA  
ANA, SALEM, GARFIELD, PORTIONS OF JORNADA EXPERIMENTAL RANGE,  
UVAS VALLEY, AND HILL.  
- 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.  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.  
 
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 3248 10823 3249 10823 3252 10792 3279 10758  
3276 10731 3181 10731 3183 10820 3182 10820  
 

 
 
BROWN  
 
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