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Flash Flood Warning 90, NWS El Paso, TX

August 7, 2026El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2026, 7:57 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 7, 2026, 7:57 PM MDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2026, 10:00 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

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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 7, 5:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 5:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:39 PM MDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
339 PM MDT Fri Aug 7 2026

NMZ414-415-428-072215-
West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet NM-
East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo NM-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet NM-
339 PM MDT Fri Aug 7 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY
THROUGH 415 PM MDT...

At 339 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Bent, moving northwest at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail. Heavy rain
         will lead to high flows along Tularosa Creek at and below
         Bent.

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...
Tularosa, Alamogordo, Burro Flats, and La Luz.

This includes Highway 54 in New Mexico between mile markers 70 and
83.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3310 10572 3290 10599 3308 10611 3319 10597
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 115DEG 14KT 3314 10588

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

TSB

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:14 PM MDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
414 PM MDT Fri Aug 7 2026

NMZ428-072245-
East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo NM-
414 PM MDT Fri Aug 7 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY
THROUGH 445 PM MDT...

At 414 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles northwest of Tularosa, moving west at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea 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...
Three Rivers, Tularosa, and Three Rivers Petroglyph Site.

This includes Highway 54 in New Mexico between mile markers 74 and
100.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3339 10594 3300 10597 3299 10633 3339 10633
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 089DEG 17KT 3313 10606

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

NIEVES

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:01 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:29 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 19 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 7, 6:06 PM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	84 min
Aug 7, 6:41 PM MDT	Dust Storm Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero	2 hr
Aug 8, 1:18 AM MDT	Dust Storm Advisory	EPZ	Hidalgo	87 min
Aug 7, 6:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	El Paso	33 min
Aug 7, 7:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EPZ	El Paso	31 min
Aug 7, 8:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EPZ	El Paso	2 hr
Aug 8, 1:43 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	EPZ	El Paso	47 min

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Sources

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