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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS El Paso, TX

July 18, 2026Doña Ana County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2026, 5:20 PM MDT for Doña Ana 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: Jul 18, 2026, 5:20 PM MDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2026, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Doña Ana County, NM

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 Jul 18, 11:21 AM MDT, 5 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 11:21 AM MDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:58 PM MDT, 22 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
Jul 17, 7:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Luna	117 min
Jul 17, 7:18 PM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	EPZ	Hidalgo	87 min
Jul 17, 8:14 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Luna	2 hr
Jul 18, 11:58 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	2 hr
Jul 18, 1:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Sierra	117 min
Jul 18, 3:21 PM MDT	Dust Storm Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	114 min
Jul 18, 3:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Luna	2 hr
Jul 18, 3:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Luna	2 hr
Jul 18, 4:12 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Jul 18, 4:36 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Sierra	3 hr
Jul 18, 4:42 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo	3 hr
Jul 18, 4:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	2 hr
Jul 18, 4:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Doña Ana	47 min
Jul 18, 5:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant, Luna	49 min
Jul 18, 5:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Luna	112 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.