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Flash Flood Warning 178, NWS El Paso, TX

September 25, 2026Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2026, 3:52 AM 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
Sep 25, 2026, 3:52 AM MDT (09:52 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2026, 6:45 AM 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 09:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2026-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1652 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2026-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1652 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 8:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
Sep 24, 9:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Luna, Otero3 hr
Sep 24, 9:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana2 hr
Sep 24, 10:08 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Sep 24, 10:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna31 min
Sep 24, 10:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZGrant, Luna, Sierra30 min
Sep 24, 10:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Otero2 hr
Sep 24, 10:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Sierra83 min
Sep 24, 11:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
Sep 25, 12:56 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero63 min
Sep 25, 12:57 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningEPZOtero9 hr
Sep 25, 1:30 AM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEPZOtero6 hr
Sep 25, 3:17 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero3 hr
Sep 25, 6:47 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana118 min
Sep 25, 2:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Sep 24, 10:02 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso3 hr
Sep 24, 10:42 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso7 hr
Sep 24, 10:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth26 min
Sep 24, 11:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZHudspeth24 min
Sep 24, 11:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth4 hr
Sep 24, 11:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZHudspeth3 hr
Sep 25, 12:05 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso78 min
Sep 25, 12:20 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth72 min
Sep 25, 12:25 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso35 min
Sep 25, 12:32 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso118 min
Sep 25, 12:38 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZHudspeth113 min
Sep 25, 12:43 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso73 min
Sep 25, 1:01 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth57 min
Sep 25, 1:52 AM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth111 min
Sep 25, 3:35 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth3 hr
Sep 25, 3:43 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningEPZEl Paso, Hudspeth6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.