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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1154 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-EASTERN BLACK RANGE
FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY/SILVER CITY AREA-SOUTHERN GILA
REGION HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GILA HOT SPRINGS, LORDSBURG, LAKE ROBERTS,
VIRDEN, MIMBRES, SILVER CITY, GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT, BUCKHORN, HURLEY,
HILLSBORO, RED ROCK, FORT BAYARD, WINSTON, MULE CREEK, KINGSTON,
FAYWOOD, AND CLIFF
1154 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* 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, EASTERN BLACK RANGE
FOOTHILLS, SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY, SOUTHERN GILA
REGION HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE, SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER
VALLEY AND UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY.
* WHEN...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* 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
THIS 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.
JG
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