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{{/_source.additionalInfo}}WEATHER ADVISORY:
DEMING (LUNA COUNTY) AREA HEAVY RAINFALL
Please be advised the Luna County area is receiving heavy rainfall. Roadways are wet and slick, visibility may be low, please reduce speed and proceed with caution.
Difficult Driving Conditions in Lordsburg Area
NM 113 from mile post 10 to mile post 15, low water crossing is running with debris. If roadway is flooded do not cross and seek an alternate route. NMDOT will notify as conditions change.
Difficult Driving Conditions in Cliff Area
The Cliff Patrol has reported water running on NM 174 from mile post 1 to mile post 4. The CatWalk is open although the Gila National Forest has closed the Catwalk Recreational site. If roadway dips and low areas are running with debris, do not cross, seek an alternate route.
ROAD CLOSURE
FLOODING – Animas Area
NM 9 eastbound and westbound lanes from mile marker 0 to mile marker 13(Animas), water is running and roadway is impassable. The NMDOT is currently clearing roadway and will notify as conditions change.
When the roadway is flooded do not cross and seek an alternate route. Turn around, don't drown.
ROAD ADVISORY
DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS:
WATER RUNNING – SILVER CITY AREA
NM 15 from mile post 10 to 42, low water crossing are running with debris. If roadway is flooded do not cross and seek an alternate route. NMDOT will notify as conditions change.
NM 35 (Mimbres) from mile post 5 to 27, low water crossing is running with debris. If roadway is flooded do not cross and seek an alternate route. NMDOT will notify as conditions change.
NM 61 (Faywood to San Juan) from mile post 16 to 25, low water crossing are running with debris. If roadway is flooded do not cross and seek an alternate route. NMDOT will notify as conditions change.
Attached is a Situational Awareness Briefing for our next round of heavy rain and flash flooding this week:
Update from previous briefing: Flood Watch in effect from Monday afternoon through early Wednesday morning, including all of Southern New Mexico and Far West Texas.
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-Salt Basin-Southern Hudspeth
Highlands-Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth
Counties-Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County-
Including the cities of White Sands Range Headquarters, Orogrande,
Mimbres, Hatch, Chaparral, Dell City, Columbus, Winston, Spaceport,
Apache Summit, Buckhorn, White Sands National Park, Sacramento, Upper
Valley, Fabens, Fort Bliss, Radium Springs, Las Cruces, Indian Hot
Springs, Hachita, Crow Flats, Hueco Tanks, Silver City, Hillsboro,
Truth Or Consequences, Sunland Park, Mule Creek, Cloverdale, Cliff,
Derry, Pinon, Gila Hot Springs, West El Paso, Sierra Blanca, Red
Rock, Mountain Park, Kingston, Garfield, Grant County Airport,
Deming, Cornudas, Vado, Mescalero, Alamogordo, Virden, Timberon,
Sunspot, Tularosa, Loma Linda, Mayhill, Faywood, Animas, Lake
Roberts, Lordsburg, Salt Flat, Antelope Wells, Fort Bayard, Tornillo,
Cloudcroft, Holloman AFB, Socorro, Hurley, East and Northeast El
Paso, Fort Hancock, and Downtown El Paso
1155 PM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...
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-Central Grant County/Silver City Area-Southern Gila Region
Highlands/Black Range-Western El Paso County-Eastern/Central El Paso County-Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-
Including the cities of Faywood, Downtown El Paso, Hurley, Gila Hot Springs, Upper Valley, Socorro, Animas, Deming, Kingston, Lordsburg, Grant County Airport, Fort Bliss, Hachita, Fabens, Fort Hancock, Lake Roberts, East and Northeast El Paso, Cloverdale, Mimbres, Loma Linda,
Antelope Wells, West El Paso, Hueco Tanks, Tornillo, Red Rock, Columbus, Buckhorn, Fort Bayard, Silver City, Mule Creek, Virden, and Cliff
909 PM MDT Tue Sep 22 2026
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
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-West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands-East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo-Southeast Tularosa Basin-
Including the cities of Mescalero, Truth Or Consequences, Las Cruces, White Sands National Park, Radium Springs, Tularosa, Sunspot, Orogrande, Mayhill, Garfield, Alamogordo, Timberon, Cloudcroft, Pinon, Chaparral, Hillsboro, White Sands Range Headquarters, Apache Summit, Sacramento, Spaceport, Hatch, Vado, Holloman AFB, Sunland Park, Mountain Park, Winston, Crow Flats, and Derry 909 PM MDT Tue Sep 22 2026
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
The Grant County Office of Emergency Management is warning residents that the National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for Grant County beginning today, 9/22/2026 at 12:00 PM until 9/23/2026 at 7:00 PM. A Flood Watch means excessive rainfall and localized flash flooding is possible.
See thePDF below for more information. I have also attached the slides from yesterday afternoon's NWS Situational Awareness Webinar for the upcoming potential heavy rainfall and flood event. Widespread thunderstorms are expected across the region Tuesday through Thursday with a Level 3 of 4 (Moderate) Risk for Flash Flooding through Thursday morning.
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