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Flash Flood Advisories

On It — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 01:02:56 GMT

We are experiencing frequent flash floods from the burn scars. Our phones receive the information accompanied by a loud alarm sound. Until the mayor mentioned it in his briefing, I did not realize there are two levels. One is a warning. The other is an emergency. We have had emergency warnings with our burn scar flooding.

Stay alert if you have flash flooding. It is a wall of water moving rapidly downstream. It has tremendous force. It is quite different from the flooding that is like a bathtub filling. They are two different beasts but both types of flooding are devastating.

Re: Flash Flood Advisories

Puggywuggy — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 01:05:56 GMT

Thank you for the information, @On It Your area continues to be in my prayers...stay safe and thank you for the updates.

Re: Flash Flood Advisories

Trailrun23 — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 01:09:34 GMT

Thanks for posting this; we have friends who have property in Ruidoso but are not there most of the time; I hope they are aware.