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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS El Paso, TX

June 24, 2025Doña Ana County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2025, 7:22 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico. It was in force for 83 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: Jun 24, 2025, 7:22 PM MDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2025, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Doña Ana County, NM

The radar

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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 Jun 24, 6:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 2:26 PM MDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
226 PM MDT Tue Jun 24 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0226 PM     Flash Flood      2 S Rincon              32.64N 107.07W
06/24/2025                   Dona Ana           NM   Dept of Highways

            NM 185 at milepost 25 & 30 impassible due to
            water running over roadways. Crews working
            to clear road.

&&

CAD

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
432 PM MDT Tue Jun 24 2025

NMZ407>409-242300-
Eastern Black Range Foothills NM-Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin NM-
Sierra County Lakes NM-
432 PM MDT Tue Jun 24 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL SIERRA...
NORTHEASTERN LUNA AND NORTHWESTERN DONA ANA COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM
MDT...

At 432 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles north of Nutt, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Nutt, Derry, Lake Valley, Uvas Valley, and Macho Springs.

This includes Interstate 25 in New Mexico between mile markers 51 and
52.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3278 10722 3278 10730 3256 10730 3234 10750
      3257 10761 3290 10746
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 208DEG 15KT 3265 10745

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

BROWN

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:06 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
506 PM MDT Tue Jun 24 2025

NMZ407-409-242330-
Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin NM-Sierra County Lakes NM-
506 PM MDT Tue Jun 24 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN SIERRA AND
NORTHEASTERN LUNA COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM MDT...

At 506 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles east of Nutt, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Uvas Valley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3247 10730 3249 10743 3267 10743 3269 10730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 269DEG 14KT 3258 10735

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

BROWN

Local storm report, Jun 24, 6:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:36 PM MDT, 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 6:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	24 min
Jun 24, 10:48 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
Jun 24, 11:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	111 min
Jun 24, 11:48 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	3 hr
Jun 25, 4:12 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	3 hr
Jun 25, 4:44 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	2 hr
Jun 25, 7:51 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Jun 25, 1:59 PM MDT	Flood Watch	EPZ	Otero	31 hr
Jun 25, 2:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	25 min
Jun 25, 2:12 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Sierra	3 hr
Jun 25, 2:20 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EPZ	Grant	2 hr
Jun 25, 2:26 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Sierra	4 hr
Jun 25, 2:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Luna	2 hr
Jun 25, 2:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	24 min
Jun 25, 2:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	52 min
Jun 25, 2:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Sierra	50 min
Jun 25, 3:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	51 min
Jun 25, 3:50 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Sierra	3 hr
Jun 25, 4:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	56 min
Jun 25, 5:04 PM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	EPZ	Otero	56 min
Jun 25, 5:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	2 hr
Jun 25, 12:14 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	31 min
Jun 25, 3:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hudspeth	37 min
Jun 25, 3:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hudspeth	49 min
Jun 25, 4:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hudspeth	3 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.