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Flash Flood Warning 142, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2025, 12:54 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2025, 12:54 PM MDT (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2025, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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 18:58 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 Aug 18, 11:05 AM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 11:05 AM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 8:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 114 min |
| Aug 17, 10:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 119 min |
| Aug 17, 10:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Sierra | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:40 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Sierra | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:47 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Sierra | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 117 min |
| Aug 18, 3:54 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 81 min |
| Aug 18, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 4:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | El Paso | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 6:43 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 3:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | El Paso, 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.