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Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS El Paso, TX

August 4, 2026Hidalgo County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2026, 7:08 PM MDT for Hidalgo 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: Aug 4, 2026, 7:08 PM MDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2026, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 112 min
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Hidalgo County, NM

The radar

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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 4, 5:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 5:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 4:11 PM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
426 PM MDT Tue Aug 4 2026

NMZ401-404-426-042300-
Upper Gila River Valley NM-
Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley NM-
Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range NM-
426 PM MDT Tue Aug 4 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY
THROUGH 500 PM MDT...

At 426 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Mangas Springs, moving west 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...
Mangas Springs, Mangas Valley, Bill Evans Lake, and Gila Middle Box.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3291 10850 3275 10846 3262 10864 3290 10875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 067DEG 7KT 3284 10853

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

DENNHARDT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 6:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	26 min
Aug 4, 6:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	35 min
Aug 4, 6:43 PM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	EPZ	Hidalgo	47 min
Aug 4, 7:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	37 min
Aug 4, 7:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Hidalgo	28 min
Aug 4, 8:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	42 min
Aug 4, 11:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Sierra	3 hr
Aug 5, 3:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	33 min
Aug 5, 3:43 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Grant	2 hr
Aug 5, 5:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant	26 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2026 Every flash flood warning in 2026

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.