Flash Flood Warning
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
725 PM MDT Wed Jul 17 2024

The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  The South Fork burn scar in...
  Northern Otero in south central New Mexico...

* Until 1000 PM MDT.

* At 725 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain over the South Fork Burn Scar. Up to 0.5 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.

Excessive rainfall over the warning area will cause mud slides near
steep terrain. The mud slide can consist of rock, mud, vegetation
and other loose materials.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding in and around the South Fork
           Burn Scar.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around
           the South Fork Burn Scar.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  mainly rural areas of Northern Otero

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of
creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely. The heavy rains
will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep
terrain, especially in and around these areas.

&&

LAT...LON 3337 10573 3332 10573 3333 10579 3339 10579
      3339 10575 3339 10573

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

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