NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NMFF.W 0204September 29, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Dona Ana, NM
The National Weather Service office in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa issued a flash flood warning for Dona Ana in New Mexico, which was in force until 4:45 p.m. local time on September 29. It was the 204th 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
- State
- New Mexico
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:47 p.m. MDT, September 29, 2026
- Expires
- 4:45 p.m. MDT, September 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KEPZ FF.W 0204
- 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... A Dam Break on the McLeod Arroyo below McLeod Dam in... Northwestern Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico... * Until 445 PM MDT. * At 147 PM MDT, dam operators and county officials reported the imminent failure of McLeod Dam. FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for McLeod Dam. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding from the imminent failure of McLeod Dam. SOURCE...Dam operator. IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! * Rural areas between Garfield and Salem, including portions of Highways 187 and 390, and along Garfield Drain, Garfield Canal, and other drainage and irrigation ditches.
What the agency told people to do
If you are in low lying areas below the McLeod Dam you should move to higher ground immediately.
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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