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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS El Paso, TX

July 19, 2026Grant County, Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2026, 6:53 PM MDT for Grant County, Luna County, New Mexico. It was in force for 112 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: Jul 19, 2026, 6:53 PM MDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2026, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 112 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Grant County, NM, Luna County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 577 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 19, 5:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 5:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:28 PM MDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
328 PM MDT Sun Jul 19 2026

NMZ410-411-427-192200-
Northern Dona Ana County NM-
West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands NM-
Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley NM-
328 PM MDT Sun Jul 19 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY THROUGH
400 PM MDT...

At 328 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Organ, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Las Cruces, Dona Ana, Organ, Fairacres, Talavera, East Mesa, Picacho,
Portions of Jornada Experimental Range, Northeast Las Cruces, Hill,
Dripping Springs, Aguirre Springs, Portions of Organ Mountains Desert
Peaks National Monument, and Soledad Canyon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3231 10689 3253 10682 3251 10652 3228 10653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 280DEG 8KT 3241 10668

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

ZA

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:55 PM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
355 PM MDT Sun Jul 19 2026

NMZ411-427-192230-
West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands NM-
Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley NM-
355 PM MDT Sun Jul 19 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY THROUGH
430 PM MDT...

At 355 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Las Cruces, moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus, Dona Ana, Mesilla, Fairacres, Talavera,
East Mesa, San Pablo, Northeast Las Cruces, Dripping Springs, Aguirre
Springs, Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, Portions of Organ
Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument, and Soledad Canyon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3221 10690 3240 10681 3239 10651 3216 10653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 301DEG 8KT 3231 10669

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

ZA

Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:16 PM MDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
416 PM MDT Sun Jul 19 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     Flash Flood      2 ESE Las Cruces        32.33N 106.72W
07/19/2026                   Dona Ana           NM   Other Federal

            WSMR Met reported flooding at Lohman and
            Sonoma Ranch.

&&

ALB

Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
521 PM MDT Sun Jul 19 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     Flash Flood      5 NNE Las Cruces        32.40N 106.73W
07/19/2026                   Dona Ana           NM   Other Federal

            Time Estimated by radar. WSMR Met reports
            flooded road after rain ended.

&&

ALB

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:25 PM MDT, 28 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 19, 6:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Luna	19 min
Jul 19, 6:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	35 min
Jul 19, 6:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo, Luna	2 hr
Jul 19, 7:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	32 min
Jul 19, 10:21 PM MDT	Flood Watch	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra	26 hr
Jul 20, 11:21 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	114 min
Jul 20, 12:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	2 hr
Jul 20, 12:27 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	2 hr
Jul 20, 12:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant	32 min
Jul 20, 12:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Otero	20 min
Jul 20, 1:07 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Otero	4 hr
Jul 20, 1:18 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Otero	117 min
Jul 20, 1:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	117 min
Jul 20, 1:50 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Otero	4 hr
Jul 20, 1:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	25 min
Jul 20, 1:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Otero	112 min
Jul 20, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Sierra	27 min
Jul 20, 2:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Sierra	23 min
Jul 20, 2:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo	2 hr
Jul 20, 2:13 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Sierra	2 hr
Jul 20, 2:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Sierra	30 min
Jul 20, 2:32 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EPZ	Otero	118 min
Jul 20, 2:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	39 min
Jul 20, 2:37 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	113 min
Jul 20, 2:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant	49 min
Jul 20, 3:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Luna	24 min
Jul 20, 3:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	17 min
Jul 20, 3:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	34 min
Jul 20, 3:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	24 min
Jul 20, 3:24 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	96 min
Jul 20, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	24 min
Jul 20, 4:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	44 min
Jul 20, 4:10 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Luna	2 hr
Jul 20, 4:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Sierra	35 min
Jul 20, 4:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	115 min
Jul 20, 4:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	25 min
Jul 20, 4:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	24 min
Jul 20, 4:40 PM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	EPZ	Hidalgo	80 min
Jul 20, 4:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Luna	34 min
Jul 20, 4:43 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Sierra	2 hr
Jul 20, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	29 min
Jul 20, 4:48 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	117 min
Jul 20, 4:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant, Luna, Sierra	41 min
Jul 20, 4:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	2 hr
Jul 20, 5:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	26 min
Jul 20, 5:06 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	114 min
Jul 20, 5:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	33 min
Jul 20, 5:13 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	2 hr
Jul 20, 5:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	118 min
Jul 20, 5:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant	34 min
Jul 20, 5:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	39 min
Jul 20, 5:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Luna	37 min
Jul 20, 5:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Luna	25 min
Jul 20, 5:51 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana	114 min
Jul 20, 5:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo, Luna	2 hr
Jul 20, 1:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hudspeth	18 min
Jul 20, 2:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hudspeth	117 min
Jul 20, 2:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hudspeth	36 min
Jul 20, 3:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hudspeth	115 min
Jul 20, 3:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hudspeth	35 min
Jul 20, 3:54 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Hudspeth	2 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.