a timeline of emergency alerts
Albuquerque, NM (AP) – Three people died in the flood of New Mexico on Tuesday Rio Ruidoso’s banks are swollen Summer is in the middle of the rain season.
The village of Ruidoso and other regions of New Mexico have received more warnings than leaving large areas of forested land without enough vegetation to absorb and hold the storm flow for the last few years.
If a storm remains on one of these burns, it does not take much time to create problems. Ruidoso, a popular summer withdrawal in the Southern New Mexico mountains, was the recipient this time, and the authorities, who caused the deaths of three people and were called dozens of houses, were called historical rainfall.
Associated Press examined a database of the Emergency Warnings of the National Weather Service. Here is a look at the warnings before the deadly flood:
14:15
The NWS in Albuquerque sent a wireless emergency warning to mobile phones in Ruidoso region. South Fork referred to South Fork Burn Scar, saying that the flash flood is expected to begin in a short period of time and that it would affect the areas in Rio Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs.
WeA warnings target mobile phones in a geographical area. They may appear on our phones and / or text messages. The language differs according to mobile phone characteristics, but each starting warning needs to avoid areas under the water.
14:47
The NWS triggered another wireless warning and raised the situation to a flash emergency for Ruidoso. At this point, Rio Ruidoso stressed 1.5 feet (slightly below 0.45 meters. However, the warning stressed “a dangerous situation in particular, and the South fork trail and its surrounding areas must now look for and evacuating higher ground”.
The Lincoln County Emergency Services Office watched a warning warning that the flash flood was close to the Cedar Creek region and warned people about görmek immediately to the higher ground ”.
Two more warnings from one from NWS and the other from Ruidoso Emergency Management, which is 15:
15:30
A US Geological Research Indicator along Rio RuidosoThe US highway, located just north of a commercial region for 70, 1.5 feet (0.45 meters) and approximately 6 feet (1.8 meters) water level increased.
According to USGS data, 3 meters (3 meters) can occur in small floods in this place.
At the same time, Lincoln County emergency officials sent a warning to their mobile phones about close flash floods in the Ruidoso Downs area just east of the USGS River Gauge.
15:55
According to the preliminary data recorded by the USGS indicator, Rio Ruidoso rose to 6 meters (6 meters).
