Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
Issued: 2013-07-24T17:15:50-06:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T18:45:00-06:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 6:45 PM MDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO…

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 515 PM MDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MCGREGOR RANGE BASE…
WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT…
TULAROSA…
TIMBERON…
OROGRANDE…
MESCALERO…
CLOUDCROFT…
ALAMOGORDO…
ELK SILVER…
SIXTEEN SPRINGS…
OTERO MESA…
CORNUDAS MOUNTAINS…
BLUFF SPRINGS…
LAKE MESCALERO…
Instruction: 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.

Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Area Description: Otero