NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NMFF.W 0214September 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 6:30 p.m. local time on September 29. It was the 214th 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 1.6 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
- 4:55 p.m. MDT, September 29, 2026
- Expires
- 6:30 p.m. MDT, September 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KEPZ FF.W 0214
- 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... * Until 630 PM MDT. * At 455 PM MDT, county officials reported the Rincon Arroyo has breached levees near the Rincon water treatment plant. Flood waters are expected to threaten structures in the area. FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Rincon. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...County officials reported. IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding of low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Rincon.
What the agency told people to do
Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.
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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