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Weather
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CLIFF - CLOSURE
Closure, NM 174 northbound and southbound from mile marker 1 to mile marker 4. All roadway dips and low areas are running, due to flooding, do not cross seek an alternate route. Please drive with caution, reduce speed, and obey all posted traffic signs. The NMDOT is out monitoring roadways. This event will be updated as conditions change.
- Category: Weather
Please se PDF below for details of folding and wind watches for our area and the region.
- Category: Weather
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...In Southwest New Mexico, Grant County, northern Hidalgo
County, and western Sierra County. This includes Silver City,
Lordsburg, Gila, and other surrounding communities. This includes
the Gila and upper Mimbres watersheds.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM MST this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Low-water crossings may become flooded.
- Category: Weather
A National Weather Service PDF, attached below, shows potential for significant rainfall and wind gusts over the next few days throughout the state of New Mexico, but predominantly in the Four Corners area, with some flooding possible in the Southwest corner of the state and in other areas.
- Category: Weather
PDF below with more information, thanks to Scot Fuller, Grant County Emergency Manager,
Flood Watch from 11/1/2026 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM MDT for Grant County, NM.
This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a high near 64. South wind around 7 mph.
Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly between 10pm and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
Sunday: A slight chance of showers before 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. South southwest wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 19 to 24 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
- Category: Weather
Flash Flood Warning from 10/29/2026 8:02 PM to 11:00 PM MDT for Grant County, NM
[Editor's Note: No maps are available! A flood advisory was sent to my email address, but it was not available. I had to go look for it, and this is all I could find!]
FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
The Advisory has been EXTENDED to 10 p.m., [but we still don't know where in the county.]
* WHAT...Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...West Central Grant County in southwestern New Mexico...Northwestern Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico...
* WHEN...Until 845 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. River or stream flows are elevated.
- Category: Weather
Attached is the latest NWS Situational Briefing for the upcoming rainfall.
- Category: Weather
Us 180 westbound at mile marker 115, 1 mile east of Silver Acres is now open. Removed from NM Roads.
ROAD ADVISORY
CRASH- Silver City Area
Crash, US 180 westbound at mile marker 115, 1 mile east of Silver Acres, both lanes are closed due to a crash.
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