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Part of: Otero County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 16 at 4:12PM MDT until August 16 at 6:15PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Sierra, NM, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 97,866 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
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Sierra, NM · ≈ 150 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS ABQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 SSW Alto, NM
Cedar Creek Road at Musket Ball Drive closed due to flooding and debris.
- Storm report NWS ABQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 NNW Ruidoso, NM
Brady Canyon Road closed due to flooding.
- Storm report NWS ABQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 NW Ruidoso, NM
Flood waters reported over Maple and Ash Drive.
- Storm report NWS ABQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 WNW Ruidoso, NM
Police unable to cross McDaniel Bridge on McDaniel Drive due to flood waters.
Show 4 earlier updates
- Fox 59 News
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM Bulletin
- KPCW News
- The Mercury News News
El Niño continues to strengthen. What does that mean for flood risk this winter?
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.