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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
859 PM MDT WED SEP 30 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
RIO GRANDE AT EL PASO AFFECTING EL PASO COUNTY.
FOR THE RIO GRANDE...INCLUDING EL PASO...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON MDT.
TXC141-011800-
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859 PM MDT WED SEP 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RIO GRANDE AT EL PASO.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON PAISANO DRIVE NEAR EXECUTIVE
CENTER WHICH MAY LEAD TO ROAD CLOSURES. WALKING PATHS AND PARKS
LOCATED BETWEEN THE RIO GRANDE LEVEES WILL BECOME INUNDATED. NO
OTHER MAJOR FLOODING IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO LEVEE PROTECTION
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:05 PM MDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 8:05 PM MDT WEDNESDAY WAS 8.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.9 FEET
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.9
FEET ON 09/14/1958.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3193 10664 3193 10659 3184 10658 3179 10648
3179 10643 3174 10634 3156 10622 3153 10628
3167 10635 3174 10643 3173 10649 3177 10653
3178 10660 3183 10663
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