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Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS El Paso, TX

August 6, 2026El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2026, 5:27 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. 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 6, 2026, 5:27 PM MDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2026, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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 6, 12:14 PM MDT, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 12:14 PM MDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:10 PM MDT, 17 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
Aug 5, 6:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Grant	28 min
Aug 5, 6:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo	31 min
Aug 5, 6:48 PM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo	42 min
Aug 5, 7:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	37 min
Aug 5, 7:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	116 min
Aug 5, 8:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	Hidalgo	40 min
Aug 6, 4:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Otero	2 hr
Aug 6, 5:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	117 min
Aug 6, 5:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana	118 min
Aug 6, 5:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	3 hr
Aug 6, 5:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	Grant	116 min
Aug 6, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	31 min
Aug 6, 4:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	35 min
Aug 6, 4:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	El Paso	36 min
Aug 6, 4:50 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	EPZ	El Paso	115 min
Aug 6, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	35 min
Aug 6, 5:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.