Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
Issued: 2013-07-24T18:45:08-06:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T20:15:00-06:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 8:15 PM MDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS…
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS…
OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO…

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 643 PM MDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
TULAROSA…
TIMBERON…
OROGRANDE…
MESCALERO…
CLOUDCROFT…
ALAMOGORDO…
ELK SILVER…
SIXTEEN SPRINGS…
SILVER LAKE…
APACHE SUMMIT…
OTERO MESA…
CORNUDAS MOUNTAINS…
BLUFF SPRINGS…
LAKE MESCALERO…

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DROPPED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN
ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA WITH FURTHER HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED.
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: Hudspeth; El Paso; Otero