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FloodNational Weather Service

Flood Watch — Western El Paso County + 3 more areasFlood Watch — Western El Paso County + 3 more areas

Completed official-source record with preserved facts and meaningful-change history. The final record does not infer impacts the source did not report.

StatusCompleted
Affected area / locationWestern El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains
Record roleIncident record
Last meaningful change1 month ago
Last source check1 month ago
Official sourceNational Weather Service
FINAL RECORD

What the preserved official data shows

Automated factual summary

This Flood Watch left the National Weather Service active-alert feed after being preserved by Texas Hazard Watch. The official record named Western El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.

First collected
Sep 21, 2026 · 3:10 PM CDT
Record completed
Sep 21, 2026 · 7:11 PM CDT
Monitored duration
4 hours, 1 minute
Official severity
Severe
Named areas
Western El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties
Official expiration
Sep 21, 2026 · 11:15 PM CDT
Final monitor status
Left the active NWS alert feed
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Record facts

Event
Flood Watch
Affected Texas areas
Western El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties
Effective
2026-09-21T14:04:00-06:00
Expires
2026-09-21T22:15:00-06:00
Issuing authority
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
LATEST MEANINGFUL CHANGE

Completed

Official record ended or left the source’s active window.

Instructions preserved with the record

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.

This record is completed. Check current official sources before acting.

Latest official-source information

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of New Mexico, including the following areas,
Central Grant County/Silver City Area, East Central Tularosa
Basin/Alamogordo, East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet,
Eastern Black Range Foothills, Lowlands of the Bootheel, Northern
Dona Ana County, Otero Mesa, Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet,
Sierra County Lakes, Southeast Tularosa Basin, Southern Dona Ana
County/Mesilla Valley, Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley,
Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range, Southwest Desert/Lower
Gila River Valley, Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin, Uplands of the
Bootheel, Upper Gila River Valley, West Central Tularosa
Basin/White Sands and West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500
Feet and southwest Texas, including the following areas,
Eastern/Central El Paso County, Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco
Mountains, Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth
Counties and Western El Paso County.

* WHEN...From Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur
in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be
flooded. Extensive street flooding and flooding of creeks and
rivers are possible.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- An early season back door cool front will interact with a late
season plume of deep tropical moisture, bringing several rounds
of thunderstorms with torrential downpours to the region Tuesday
afternoon through Wednesday evening. Repeated thunderstorms may
tend to focus in one or two areas, resulting in higher end
precipitation totals. The most critical period with the heaviest
rain potential will likely be Tuesday night into Wednesday
morning.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

RECORDED TIMELINE

Meaningful official changes

2 meaningful changes

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  1. Record completedOfficial record ended or left the source’s active window.
  2. First recordedNew official record added to the monitor.

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