NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NMFF.W 0116August 28, 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 4:15 p.m. local time on August 28. It was the 116th flash flood warning the NWS office in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa issued in 2026. New Mexico had 79 flash flood warnings in August 2026, against 44 in an average August of 2008-2025 (New Mexico's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 2.1 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
- 2:10 p.m. MDT, August 28, 2026
- Expires
- 4:15 p.m. MDT, August 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KEPZ FF.W 0116
- 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... The Salt Fire Burn Scar in... Northern Otero County in south central New Mexico... * Until 415 PM MDT. * At 210 PM MDT, gauge reports indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Salt Fire Burn Scar. Over a half inch of rain has fallen in about a half hour, and rainfall rates up to 4 inches an hour have been briefly observed. Portions of Highway 70 between Apache Summit and the Lincoln County line may be impacted. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding in and around the Salt Fire Burn Scar. SOURCE...Gauges reported. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Salt Fire Burn Scar. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Snow Canyon, Bear Canyon, Fence Canyon and Portions of US Highway 70 between Apache Summit and the Otero-Lincoln County Line.
What the agency told people to do
This is a life threatening situation. Heavy rainfall will cause extensive and severe flash flooding of creeks...streams...and ditches in the Salt Fire Burn Scar. Roads and driveways may be washed away in places. If you encounter flood waters...climb to safety.
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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, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels