FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1157 AM MDT SUN JUL 28 2013 ...HEAVY RAINING STORMS AND SATURATED GROUND CONTINUE TO POSE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .TWO FACTORS REMAIN IN PLACE TO KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT ELEVATED. FIRST...DUE TO SEVERAL CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE REGION GROUND CONDITIONS ARE SATURATED PROMOTING RAPID RUN OFF. SECOND...THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS EXTREMELY MOIST...EVEN FOR MONSOON MOISTURE STANDARDS. THESE MOIST ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS PROMOTE STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT CAN VERY QUICKLY PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN. THIS RAIN FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND WILL QUICKLY LEAD TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING OVER ISOLATED AREAS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. NMZ401>403-408>417-TXZ418>424-290200- /O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.A.0009.130728T1800Z-130729T0800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY- EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES- NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY- CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN- WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-OTERO MESA- WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN- SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GILA HOT SPRINGS...BUCKHORN... MULE CREEK...CLIFF...SILVER CITY...LAKE ROBERTS...KINGSTON... FORT BAYARD...MIMBRES...FAYWOOD...HURLEY...GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT... HILLSBORO...WINSTON...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...DERRY...SPACEPORT... GARFIELD...HATCH...RADIUM SPRINGS...LAS CRUCES...VADO... SUNLAND PARK...ALAMOGORDO...TULAROSA...WHITE SANDS MONUMENT... OROGRANDE...WHITE SANDS RANGE HEADQUARTERS...CHAPARRAL... MESCALERO...MOUNTAIN PARK...TIMBERON...CLOUDCROFT...SUNSPOT... APACHE SUMMIT...MAYHILL...SACRAMENTO...PINON...CROW FLATS... DOWNTOWN...WEST EL PASO...UPPER VALLEY...FORT BLISS...SOCORRO... EAST AND NORTHEAST EL PASO...HUECO TANKS...LOMA LINDA... DELL CITY...CORNUDAS...SALT FLAT...SIERRA BLANCA...FABENS... TORNILLO...FORT HANCOCK 1157 AM MDT SUN JUL 28 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 2 AM MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. IN TEXAS IT INCLUDES ALL OF EL PASO AND HUDSPETH COUNTIES. IN NEW MEXICO IT INCLUDES ALL OF OTERO...DONNA ANA...AND SIERRA COUNTIES...AS WELL AS NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY. * UNTIL 2 AM MDT TONIGHT * SATURATED SOILS AND ABOVE NORMAL ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL PROMOTE BOTH HEAVY RAIN AND RAPID RUNOFF LEADING TO ELEVATED FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS MAY INCLUDE: FLOODING OF AREA ROADS...ESPECIALLY LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. POSSIBLE FLOODING OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. ALSO THE WET SOIL WILL MAKE TREES MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO TOPPLING IN ANY STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
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