NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NMFF.W 0177September 25, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Otero, NM
The National Weather Service office in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa issued a flash flood warning for Otero in New Mexico, which was in force until 7:15 a.m. local time on September 25. It was the 177th 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).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Area
- Otero
- State
- New Mexico
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:17 a.m. MDT, September 25, 2026
- Expires
- 7:15 a.m. MDT, September 25, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KEPZ FF.W 0177
- 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... Central Otero County in south central New Mexico... * Until 715 AM MDT. * At 317 AM MDT, Thunderstorms with torrential rainfall are affecting the headwaters of the Sacramento River upstream of Timberon, and arroyos that flow towards the Bug Scuffle community. This area is already very saturated from several inches of rain in recent days and Thursday night. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, arrows, roads, and low water crossings. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Timberon, Bug Scuffle, the Sacramento River Road between Timberon and the Owen Prather Highway. Flows may persist on the lower Sacramento River below Timberon through the weekend.
What the agency told people to do
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads. Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
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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