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Flash Flood Warning 142, NWS El Paso, TX

September 17, 2026Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 17, 2026, 1:50 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 115 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
Sep 17, 2026, 1:50 PM MDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 2026, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
115 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 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 6:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ33 min
Sep 16, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana, Luna43 min
Sep 16, 7:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana2 hr
Sep 16, 7:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Sep 16, 8:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Sep 16, 8:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana29 min
Sep 16, 8:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana114 min
Sep 16, 9:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ25 min
Sep 16, 9:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Sierra114 min
Sep 16, 9:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZSierra37 min
Sep 16, 9:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana, Sierra2 hr
Sep 16, 9:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra2 hr
Sep 16, 10:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Sep 16, 10:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant118 min
Sep 16, 10:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZSierra3 hr
Sep 17, 3:04 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Sierra3 hr
Sep 17, 4:48 AM MDTFlood WatchEPZDoña Ana, Grant, Luna, Otero, Sierra25 hr
Sep 17, 12:33 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEPZOtero117 min
Sep 17, 2:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Sep 17, 2:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero3 hr
Sep 17, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZ28 min
Sep 17, 3:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZOtero36 min
Sep 17, 4:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero115 min
Sep 17, 4:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHidalgo3 hr
Sep 17, 4:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Sep 17, 4:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHidalgo29 min
Sep 17, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero30 min
Sep 17, 5:10 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero3 hr
Sep 17, 5:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZOtero37 min
Sep 17, 5:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Sep 17, 5:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Sep 17, 5:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
Sep 16, 6:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth2 hr
Sep 17, 3:49 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso3 hr
Sep 17, 4:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso118 min

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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.