{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.e3530ab6e1bf472bce3bf4fb4183e06b889379aa.002.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flood Watch issued September 21 at 2:04PM MDT until September 23 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-09-21","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.e3530ab6e1bf472bce3bf4fb4183e06b889379aa.002.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM"},"word_count":433,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flood Watch: Flood Watch issued September 21 at 2:04PM MDT until September 23 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Upper Gila River Valley; Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley; Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley; Lowlands of the Bootheel; Uplands of the Bootheel; Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin; Eastern Black Range Foothills; Sierra County Lakes; Northern Dona Ana County; Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley; West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Otero Mesa; Central Grant County/Silver City Area; Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range; West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands; East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo; Southeast Tularosa Basin; Western El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties\n**Issued by:** NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM\n**Sent:** 2026-09-21T14:04:00-06:00\n**Effective:** 2026-09-21T14:04:00-06:00\n**Expires:** 2026-09-21T22:15:00-06:00\n\n## Description\n* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be\npossible.\n\n* WHERE...Portions of New Mexico, including the following areas,\nCentral Grant County/Silver City Area, East Central Tularosa\nBasin/Alamogordo, East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet,\nEastern Black Range Foothills, Lowlands of the Bootheel, Northern\nDona Ana County, Otero Mesa, Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet,\nSierra County Lakes, Southeast Tularosa Basin, Southern Dona Ana\nCounty/Mesilla Valley, Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley,\nSouthern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range, Southwest Desert/Lower\nGila River Valley, Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin, Uplands of the\nBootheel, Upper Gila River Valley, West Central Tularosa\nBasin/White Sands and West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500\nFeet and southwest Texas, including the following areas,\nEastern/Central El Paso County, Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco\nMountains, Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth\nCounties and Western El Paso County.\n\n* WHEN...From Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday evening.\n\n* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,\ncreeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.\nCreeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur\nin poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be\nflooded. Extensive street flooding and flooding of creeks and\nrivers are possible.\n\n* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...\n- An early season back door cool front will interact with a late\nseason plume of deep tropical moisture, bringing several rounds\nof thunderstorms with torrential downpours to the region Tuesday\nafternoon through Wednesday evening. Repeated thunderstorms may\ntend to focus in one or two areas, resulting in higher end\nprecipitation totals. The most critical period with the heaviest\nrain potential will likely be Tuesday night into Wednesday\nmorning.\n- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood\n\n## Instructions\nYou should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood\nWarnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared\nto take action should flooding develop."}