Flash Flood Warning
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
326 PM MDT Wed Aug 13 2025

The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  The Trout Fire Burn Scar in...
  Northeastern Grant County in southwestern New Mexico...

* Until 530 PM MDT.

* At 326 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain over the Trout Fire Burn Scar. Between 1 and 1.5 inches
  of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to
  begin shortly.

Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in increased flow
moving through the Trout Fire Burn Scar, into canyons flowing north
towards Sapillo Creek BELOW Lake Roberts Dam, including Meadow
Creek. Sapillo Creek DOWNSTREAM...or WEST of Lake Roberts Dam will
also be impacted.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms in and around
           the Trout Fire Burn Scar.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of areas in and around the Trout Fire Burn
           Scar.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Meadow Creek, Trout Valley and Sapillo Creek Valley.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Bear Creek, Meadow Creek, Copperas Creek, Trout Creek, Mimbres
  River and Sapillo Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

In hilly terrain there are numerous low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.

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LAT...LON 3302 10816 3296 10817 3294 10815 3293 10812
      3292 10814 3292 10817 3293 10821 3295 10821
      3298 10824 3305 10825 3304 10816

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

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