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2 National Weather Service alerts are in force in New Mexico, covering 26 of its 33 counties: 2 flood watches.

Checked Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 4:15 AM MDT. Times are Mountain Daylight Time.

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Severe 2

Flood Watches 2

Flood Watch

Severe

Flood Watch issued September 21 at 1:02AM MDT until September 23 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM

Begins Until 3 days left

Areas Northwest Highlands, NM; West Central Mountains, NM; West Central Highlands, NM; Southwest Mountains, NM; Jemez Mountains, NM; Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass, NM; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, NM; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains, NM; Espanola Valley, NM; Santa Fe Metro Area, NM; Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area, NM; Lower Rio Grande Valley, NM; Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood, NM; Estancia Valley, NM; Central Highlands, NM; South Central Highlands, NM; Upper Tularosa Valley, NM; South Central Mountains, NM; Far Northeast Highlands, NM; Northeast Highlands, NM; Harding County, NM; Eastern San Miguel County, NM; Guadalupe County, NM; De Baca County, NM; Chaves County Plains, NM; Eastern Lincoln County, NM; Southwest Chaves County, NM; San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands, NM

County pages Bernalillo County, Catron County, Chaves County, Cibola County, Colfax County, De Baca County, Guadalupe County, Harding County, Lincoln County, Los Alamos County, McKinley County, Mora County, Rio Arriba County, San Juan County, San Miguel County, Sandoval County, Santa Fe County, Socorro County, Taos County, Torrance County, Valencia County

Full text

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, southeast, and west central New Mexico, including the following areas, in central New Mexico, Central Highlands, Eastern Lincoln County, Estancia Valley, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Middle Rio Grande Valley including the Albuquerque Metro Area, San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands, Sandia and Manzano Mountains including Edgewood, South Central Highlands, South Central Mountains and Upper Tularosa Valley. In east central New Mexico, De Baca County and Guadalupe County. In north central New Mexico, East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Espanola Valley, Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass, Jemez Mountains, Northwest Highlands, Santa Fe Metro Area and Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains. In northeast New Mexico, Eastern San Miguel County, Far Northeast Highlands, Harding County and Northeast Highlands. In southeast New Mexico, Chaves County Plains and Southwest Chaves County. In west central New Mexico, Southwest Mountains, West Central Highlands and West Central Mountains. * WHEN...From Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be flooded. Storm drains and ditches may become clogged with debris. Extensive street flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers are possible. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - A dangerous surge of monsoon moisture will arrive Tuesday and Wednesday with widespread heavy rain. Scattered occurrences of flash flooding are likely, and there will probably be some main stem river and tributary flooding, as the most likely rain amount by Wednesday afternoon exceeds 2 inches in many locations along and east of the central mountain chain, and 1 inch in many locations westward to the continental divide. Stronger storms will produce torrential rainfall at rates over 2 inches per hour, and storms will train repeatedly in succession over some locations, with locally heavier rain amounts reaching 4 to 6 inches over portions of central and eastern New Mexico. Heavy rain will likely continue Wednesday night over eastern areas, then showers and storms with locally heavy rainfall are forecast to return along and east of the continental divide again on Thursday. - Rapid runoff and flash flooding will be most likely in complex terrain, below recent burn scars, low-lying areas, urban areas, normally dry arroyos, and near rivers and streams. As the event unfolds, locations with saturated ground will also become prone to rapid runoff and flash flooding from additional rounds of storms. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

What to do

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. Never drive through flood waters. Most flash flood deaths occur in automobiles.

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Flood Watch

Severe

Flood Watch issued September 20 at 11:18PM MDT until September 23 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

Begins Until 3 days left

Areas Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley, NM; Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin, NM; Eastern Black Range Foothills, NM; Sierra County Lakes, NM; Northern Dona Ana County, NM; Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley, NM; West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, NM; Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet, NM; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, NM; Otero Mesa, NM; Central Grant County/Silver City Area, NM; Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range, NM; West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands, NM; East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo, NM; Southeast Tularosa Basin, NM; Western El Paso County, TX; Eastern/Central El Paso County, TX; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains, TX; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties, TX

County pages Doña Ana County, Grant County, Luna County, Otero County, Sierra County

Full text

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...Much of south-central New Mexico and Far West Texas, including El Paso, Las Cruces, and the Mesilla Valley. * WHEN...From Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of arroyos, rivers, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be flooded, resulting in road closures. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - An early season back door cold front will interact with a late season plume of deep monsoonal moisture, bringing several rounds of thunderstorms with torrential downpours to the region Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday evening. Repeated thunderstorms may tend to focus in one or two areas, resulting in higher end precipitation totals. The most critical period with the heaviest rain potential will likely be Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. - A broad swath of moderate to locally heavy rainfall is likely to affect most of the Watch area between late Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday evening, with typical, scattered monsoon season flood impacts. However, there is increasing potential for a narrow band of repeated thunderstorms which will result in particularly heavy rainfall amounts, possibly exceeding 3 inches in a 6 to 12 hour period, resulting in higher-end impacts. Forecast models currently favor placing the focus for heaviest rainfall over the Mesilla Valley and El Paso. But forecasts this far out, especially when dealing with thunderstorms, are simply not accurate enough to precisely tell yet where exactly this area of heaviest rainfall will set up. It could just as easily shift west or east and avoid the more populated corridor. - http://www.weather.gov/ElPaso

What to do

The forecast will be fine-tuned and will evolve over time. You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings Tuesday afternoon and evening. The Wednesday morning commute may also be impacted. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.

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Every county in New Mexico, with what is in force there now. Each page adds the county's warning history for the past year.

What this means

Warning
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Watch
Conditions favor the hazard. Nothing is happening yet; have a plan and be ready to act if a warning follows.
Advisory
A hazard that is less serious than a warning but can still cause trouble, such as dense fog, heat or light ice.
Statement
Information about weather that does not yet meet a warning: a strong storm, a hydrologic update, or a special weather statement.

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Sources

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