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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
107 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2026
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OTERO NM-
107 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, OTERO.
* WHEN...UNTIL 415 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 107 PM MDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN
THE WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MESCALERO, BENT, APACHE SUMMIT, MUD CANYON, SOUTH TULAROSA
CANYON, EIGHT CANYON, PORTIONS OF US HIGHWAY 70 BETWEEN
APACHE SUMMIT AND THE OTERO-LINCOLN COUNTY LINE, SOLDIER
CANYON, CARRIZO, FIRMAN LAKE AND HORSE SPRING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 3331 10572 3313 10564 3302 10567 3300 10578
3329 10593 3333 10574 3331 10573
AB
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