NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NMFF.W 0200September 29, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Dona Ana, Luna and Sierra, NM
The National Weather Service office in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa issued a flash flood warning for Dona Ana, Luna and Sierra in New Mexico, which was in force until 2:45 p.m. local time on September 29. It was the 200th flash flood warning the NWS office in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa issued in 2026. New Mexico had 190 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 21 in an average September of 2008-2025 (New Mexico's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Area
- Dona Ana, Luna and Sierra
- State
- New Mexico
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 11:45 a.m. MDT, September 29, 2026
- Expires
- 2:45 p.m. MDT, September 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KEPZ FF.W 0200
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico since 2008Every warning type in New Mexico
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The notice as issued
FFWEPZ The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico... Southern Sierra County in south central New Mexico... Northeastern Luna County in southwestern New Mexico... * Until 245 PM MDT. * At 1145 AM MDT, Thunderstorms with torrential rainfall rates up to 3 inches per hour are moving into the Hatch and Rincon Valley. This will lead to serious flash flooding on arroyos and low water crossings, and in poor drainage areas, including in Rincon. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Hatch, Rincon, Angostura, Peaceful Valley. All low water crossings on Highway 185 between mile markers 21 and 35 will likely become impassable. Expect rapid rises on Rincon Arroyo.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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The record around this notice
- Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico since 2008165 a year
- Every warning type in New Mexico
- Flash Flood Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most3,924 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels