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Flash Flood Warning 116, NWS El Paso, TX

August 28, 2026Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2026, 2:10 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 87 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: Aug 28, 2026, 2:10 PM MDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2026, 3:37 PM MDT
In force: 87 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
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 20:14 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 27, 5:37 PM MDT, 20 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 5:37 PM MDT, 20 hours 33 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
Aug 27, 10:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	33 min
Aug 27, 10:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	2 hr
Aug 27, 10:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	2 hr
Aug 27, 11:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Otero	25 min
Aug 27, 11:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	115 min
Aug 27, 11:25 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Otero	3 hr
Aug 27, 11:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	2 hr
Aug 27, 11:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	3 hr
Aug 28, 12:44 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	3 hr
Aug 28, 2:42 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	2 hr

Nearby

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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.