THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED AN
* ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
EAST CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...
SOUTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...
SOUTHWESTERN LUNA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 945 PM MDT* AT 751 PM MDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL JUST SOUTH OF HACHITA. RADAR
ESTIMATED 0.50 TO 1.00 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HACHITA...
BIG HATCHET REFUGE...
PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 9 BETWEEN HERMANAS AND HACHITA...
PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 81 NEAR AND SOUTH OF HACHITA.RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
OCCUR...
ESPECIALLY ALONG ARROYOS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAN QUICKLY TURN DRY DESERT WASHES AND ARROYOS
INTO RAGING RIVERS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ARROYOS.