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Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS El Paso, TX

August 15, 2026El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2026, 6:13 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 15, 2026, 6:13 PM MDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2026, 8:15 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 00:13 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 15, 12:11 PM MDT, 6 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 12:11 PM MDT, 6 hours 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:56 PM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 6:49 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana116 min
Aug 16, 12:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Aug 16, 1:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Aug 16, 1:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
Aug 16, 1:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZGrant2 hr
Aug 16, 1:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero2 hr
Aug 16, 2:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Aug 16, 2:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana119 min
Aug 16, 2:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero2 hr
Aug 16, 3:15 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero2 hr
Aug 16, 3:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZOtero2 hr
Aug 16, 3:39 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana2 hr
Aug 16, 4:02 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana118 min
Aug 16, 4:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZSierra2 hr
Aug 16, 4:12 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZSierra2 hr
Aug 16, 4:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Luna117 min
Aug 16, 4:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Sierra2 hr
Aug 16, 4:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Aug 16, 4:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana115 min
Aug 16, 5:15 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana2 hr
Aug 15, 6:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso11 min
Aug 15, 6:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso2 hr
Aug 15, 6:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso119 min
Aug 16, 3:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZEl Paso36 min
Aug 16, 4:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso2 hr
Aug 16, 5:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso2 hr
Aug 16, 5:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso114 min
Aug 16, 5:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso113 min
Aug 16, 5:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso114 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.