NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NMFF.W 0209September 29, 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 6:45 p.m. local time on September 29. It was the 209th 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 2.9 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
- Otero
- State
- New Mexico
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:52 p.m. MDT, September 29, 2026
- Expires
- 6:45 p.m. MDT, September 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KEPZ FF.W 0209
- 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 645 PM MDT. * At 352 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms with torrential rainfall over parts of the southern Sacramento Mountains. Rainfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour have been observed. The heaviest rainfall has been in the area of Bug Scuffle to near Sacramento Lake South of Sunspot, and at the head of Hay Canyon and Agua Chiquita Creek. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, roads, as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Timberon, Sacramento, Sunspot, Mayhill, Weed, Hay Canyon, Cox Canyon, Benson Ridge, Miller Flats, McDonald Flats and Lower Dry Burnt Canyon. Flooding is likely to occur on the Sacramento River in and near Timberon, and Agua Chiquita Creek above Sacramento.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law enforcement and request they pass this information to the National Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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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