Flash Flood Warning for Lake Valley and Uvas Valley in New Mexico
If you are in immediate danger, call emergency services now.
For real-time, official alerts and instructions for your exact location, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia) as applicable. This article is a data summary, not a substitute for the issuing agency's live warning.
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
A Flash Flood Warning is in effect until 3:45 AM MDT for parts of Grant, Luna, and Sierra counties in southwestern New Mexico.
This weather record, quickly
- Record type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Affected area
- Southwestern New Mexico
- Issued
- September 29, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
Flood notices turn on location and timing. Treat the named area as this record's scope; do not assume nearby counties, parishes, or waterways were included.
Record status: publication date is recent, but current status is not stored on this page. Check the issuing agency's live warning service before acting because warnings can be updated, narrowed, or cancelled.
Alert Details
Flash Flood Warning issued by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM, effective from 1:52 AM MDT September 29, 2026 until 3:45 AM MDT September 29, 2026.
Affected Areas
South Central Sierra County, Eastern Grant County, and Northeastern Luna County in southwestern New Mexico. Specific locations include Lake Valley and Uvas Valley.
What You Should Do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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.
Expected Conditions
Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are possible. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Timeline
The warning is effective from 1:52 AM MDT until 3:45 AM MDT on September 29, 2026.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Elsewhere in the country: similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (968 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to September 29, 2026.
What People Ask
What people usually ask about a notice like this one.