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WGUS84 KEPZ 191927
FLSEPZ
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
127 PM MDT FRI JUN 19 2026
NMC035-192130-
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OTERO NM-
127 PM MDT FRI JUN 19 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, OTERO.
* WHEN...UNTIL 330 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. SOME
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 127 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 0.5 TO 1 INCH IS EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SACRAMENTO, MAYHILL, WEED, SIXTEEN SPRINGS, JAMES CANYON, COX
CANYON, HAY CANYON AND DRY CANYON.
- 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.
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 3300 10566 3293 10535 3288 10535 3274 10535
3267 10563
DH
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