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WGUS84 KEPZ 172045
FLSEPZ
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
245 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2026
TXC229-172245-
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HUDSPETH TX-
245 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...CENTRAL HUDSPETH COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* WHEN...UNTIL 445 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. SOME
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 240 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.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
MACHO ARROYO, BALLUCO ARROYO, AND THE RIO GRANDE.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FORT QUITMAN AND ESPERANZA. ROADS IMPACTED INCLUDE RANCH ROAD 34
AND ESPERANZA ROAD.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3116 10573 3127 10565 3112 10548 3097 10545
3095 10549 3095 10550 3097 10550 3097 10551
3099 10553 3099 10556 3102 10557 3102 10558
3106 10559 3107 10560 3108 10560 3110 10563
3110 10564 3111 10565 3114 10571
DENNHARDT
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