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Flash Flood Warning 111, NWS El Paso, TX

July 30, 2025Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2025, 12:33 AM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2025, 12:33 AM MDT (06:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2025, 2:30 AM MDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 29, 10:21 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 10:21 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 7:23 PM MDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 7:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna37 min
Jul 29, 7:39 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Luna35 min
Jul 29, 9:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra115 min
Jul 30, 11:33 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ42 min
Jul 30, 1:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 30, 1:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 30, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero31 min
Jul 30, 4:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHidalgo113 min
Jul 30, 4:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant3 hr
Jul 30, 5:00 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEPZOtero2 hr
Jul 30, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo26 min
Jul 30, 5:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant3 hr
Jul 30, 5:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 30, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero26 min
Jul 30, 5:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHidalgo2 hr
Jul 29, 9:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso27 min
Jul 29, 9:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso2 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.