Texas, 2025

Flash 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.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.

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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The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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.