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Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS El Paso, TX

August 5, 2026Grant County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2026, 3:43 PM MDT for Grant County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 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: Aug 5, 2026, 3:43 PM MDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2026, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Grant County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 22 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 5:42 PM MDT, 22 hours 1 minute 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
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, 7:08 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	Hidalgo	112 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, 5:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant	26 min

Nearby

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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.