Flash Flood Warning In Effect For Parts Of Borderland
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… LUNA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO… NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS… SOUTHWESTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO…
* UNTIL 230 PM MDT
* AT 1230 PM MDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS ARE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… SUNLAND PARK… LAS CRUCES… ANTHONY… DEMING… PICACHO… TALAVERA… SUNSHINE… AKELA… BERINO… SAN MIGUEL… KILBOURNE HOLE… SPRING CANYON STATE PARK… ROCK HOUND STATE PARK…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
