Texas, 2025Flash Flood in Texas, July 20, 2025
July 20, 2025 · NWS EPZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A deep moisture plume moved into the Rio Grande Valley with a low level convergence area setting up in the same area. This brought showers and thunderstorms to the El Paso area which stalled out near the Franklin Mountains.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
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- None recorded
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- None recorded
- Events
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A deep moisture plume moved into the Rio Grande Valley with a low level convergence area setting up in the same area. This brought showers and thunderstorms to the El Paso area which stalled out near the Franklin Mountains. Rainfall amounts of 1-2 inches fell quickly and caused flash flooding around downtown and northeast El Paso.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:14 PM MST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Flash Flood, El Paso
- When
- July 20, 9:30 PM MST to 10:45 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 5.14 mi NNW of Tobin to 1.33 mi N of Tobin
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 31.947, -106.417
Flooding was shown at the Campo del Sol subdivision in northeast El Paso. In addition, media showed flooding on the Interstate 10 on ramp near downtown El Paso.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 20 to 21, 2025$5.0 million · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 20, 2025$425,000 · 2.25 in hail · 15 events
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, July 20 to 21, 2025$630,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 20, 20252 injured · $230,000 · 56 kt wind · 3 events
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in New Mexico, July 20 to 24, 2025$265,000 · 1 in hail · 7 events
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 20 to 21, 2025$120,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, July 20, 2025$70,000 · 1.5 in hail · 6 events
- Rip Current in Michigan, July 20, 20255 injured · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 20, 2025$45,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 20, 2025$42,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Ohio, July 20, 2025$40,000 · 4 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Connecticut, July 20, 2025$24,000 · 50 kt wind · 8 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1285664.