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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1025 PM MDT WED OCT 21 2026
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SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY-SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER
GILA RIVER VALLEY-EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF VIRDEN, LORDSBURG, FAYWOOD, WINSTON, HURLEY,
HILLSBORO, GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT, AND RED ROCK
1025 PM MDT WED OCT 21 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS, SOUTHERN GILA
FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY AND SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER
VALLEY.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AN INCOMING POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM COUPLED WITH ABNORMALLY
HIGH MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, EVENING AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. STORMS WILL
BE EFFICIENT RAIN MAKERS WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY/SILVER CITY AREA-
SOUTHERN GILA REGION HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MULE CREEK, KINGSTON, FORT BAYARD, SILVER
CITY, GILA HOT SPRINGS, BUCKHORN, LAKE ROBERTS, MIMBRES, AND CLIFF
1025 PM MDT WED OCT 21 2026
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY/SILVER CITY AREA, SOUTHERN GILA REGION
HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE AND UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AN INCOMING POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM COUPLED WITH ABNORMALLY
HIGH MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, EVENING AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. STORMS WILL
BE EFFICIENT RAIN MAKERS WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
DH
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