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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
953 AM MDT Fri Jul 31 2026

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West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Sacramento
Mountains Above 7500 Feet-East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below
7500 Feet-Otero Mesa-West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands-East
Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo-Southeast Tularosa Basin-
Western El Paso County-Eastern/Central El Paso County-Northern
Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-Rio Grande Valley of Eastern
El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-
Including the cities of White Sands Range Headquarters, Crow
Flats, Fabens, Loma Linda, Socorro, Timberon, Fort Bliss, East
and Northeast El Paso, Apache Summit, Mescalero, Chaparral,
Sunspot, Upper Valley, Fort Hancock, Mayhill, Downtown El Paso,
West El Paso, Tornillo, Holloman AFB, Pinon, Tularosa,
Alamogordo, Hueco Tanks, White Sands National Park, Orogrande,
Sacramento, Mountain Park, and Cloudcroft
953 AM MDT Fri Jul 31 2026

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of south central New Mexico, including all of
  Otero County and extreme eastern Sierra and Dona Ana Counties and
  in southwest Texas, including the following areas, El Paso County
  and western Hudspeth County

* WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of creeks,
  arroyos, dry washes and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
  Low-water crossings may be flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.

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