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Socorro County, N.M., orders evacuate now for Pueblito river flooding

Socorro County OEM issued an Extreme Immediate IPAWS alert Tuesday evening for river flooding in the Pueblito area east of Escondida, telling people to evacuate now. Earlier it had ended a Ladrones shelter-in-place.

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Socorro County, New Mexico, issued an Integrated Public Alert and Warning System local-area emergency on Tuesday evening saying there was river flooding in the Pueblito area east of Escondida and telling people to evacuate now.

The wireless text from county emergency management (SC OEM) read that there was river flooding in the Pueblito area east of Escondida and to evacuate now. IPAWS listed the sender as Socorro County NM, with urgency Immediate, certainty Observed and severity Extreme.

The record listed a 7:25 p.m. EDT issue time Tuesday and an expiration of 7:25 p.m. EDT Wednesday.

Earlier Tuesday, the same sender issued an Extreme Immediate Observed local-area emergency saying the Ladrones shelter-in-place had ended and that Old Highway 60 was passable, listed to expire at 12:00 p.m. EDT Wednesday1. The evening text did not say whether that earlier notice still applied.

Sources

  1. Socorro County NMLocal Area Emergency

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