{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.98ba0fb363133800baebe389b150dbce8cc546c0.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued June 12 at 5:01PM MDT until June 12 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-06-12","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.98ba0fb363133800baebe389b150dbce8cc546c0.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM"},"word_count":206,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued June 12 at 5:01PM MDT until June 12 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Otero, NM\n**Issued by:** NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM\n**Sent:** 2026-06-12T17:01:00-06:00\n**Effective:** 2026-06-12T17:01:00-06:00\n**Expires:** 2026-06-12T19:00:00-06:00\n\n## Description\nFFWEPZ\n\nThe National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nSouth Central Otero County in south central New Mexico...\n\n* Until 700 PM MDT.\n\n* At 501 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of\nrain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are\npossible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected\nto begin shortly.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban\nareas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as\nother poor drainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nmainly rural areas of South Central Otero County\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nIn hilly terrain there are numerous low water crossings which are\npotentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded\nroads. Find an alternate route."}