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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1019 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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GRANT NM-
1019 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM MDT FRIDAY FOR
NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY...
AT 1019 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLIFF, REDROCK, RIVERSIDE, GILA, BILL EVANS LAKE AND GILA MIDDLE
BOX.
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 3320 10827 3310 10829 3291 10852 3276 10856
3266 10871 3266 10879 3278 10885 3305 10868
3320 10848
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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