Flood Advisory — El PasoFlood Advisory — El Paso
Completed official-source record with preserved facts and meaningful-change history. The final record does not infer impacts the source did not report.
What the preserved official data shows
This Flood Advisory left the National Weather Service active-alert feed after being preserved by Texas Hazard Watch. The official record named El Paso. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.
- First collected
- Sep 17, 2026 · 4:50 PM CDT
- Record completed
- Sep 17, 2026 · 7:47 PM CDT
- Monitored duration
- 2 hours, 57 minutes
- Official severity
- Minor
- Named areas
- El Paso
- Official expiration
- Sep 17, 2026 · 7:45 PM CDT
- Final monitor status
- Left the active NWS alert feed
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Record facts
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Affected Texas areas
- El Paso
- Effective
- 2026-09-17T15:49:00-06:00
- Expires
- 2026-09-17T18:45:00-06:00
- Issuing authority
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
Completed
Official record ended or left the source’s active window.
Instructions preserved with the record
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
Latest official-source information
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...South Central El Paso County in western Texas...
* WHEN...Until 645 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 349 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Up to 0.5 inches of rain have
fallen.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Fabens.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Meaningful official changes
The complete source history remains preserved. Routine monitoring snapshots and small gauge fluctuations are condensed here for readability.
- Record completedOfficial record ended or left the source’s active window.
- First recordedNew official record added to the monitor.
Original source
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