* WHAT…Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall possible.
* WHERE…Portions of New Mexico, including the following areas,
Central Grant County/Silver City Area, East Central Tularosa
Basin/Alamogordo, East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500
Feet, Eastern Black Range Foothills, Lowlands of the Bootheel,
Northern Dona Ana County, Otero Mesa, Sacramento Mountains Above
7500 Feet, Sierra County Lakes, Southeast Tularosa Basin, Southern
Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley, Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres
Valley, Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range, Southwest
Desert/Lower Gila River Valley, Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin,
Uplands of the Bootheel, Upper Gila River Valley, West Central
Tularosa Basin/White Sands and West Slopes Sacramento Mountains
Below 7500 Feet and southwest Texas, including the following
areas, Eastern/Central El Paso County, Northern Hudspeth
Highlands/Hueco Mountains, Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El
Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties, Rio Grande Valley of Eastern
Hudspeth County, Salt Basin, Southern Hudspeth Highlands and
Western El Paso County.
* WHEN…Through Wednesday evening.
* IMPACTS…Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, arroyos, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– Storms will be capable of producing rain rates in excess of 2
inches per hour and torrential rainfall. Areas at highest
risk for flooding include burn scars, mountain canyons, and
vulnerable urban locations.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood