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Weather
- Category: Weather
FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Northwestern Grant County in southwestern New Mexico...
* WHEN...Until 730 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 532 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. This will cause arroyo and small stream flooding.
- Category: Weather
ROAD ADVISORY
FLOODING –Mimbres Area
Difficult Driving Conditions, NM 61 northbound and southbound at mile marker 21, Sherman. Standing water on roadway. Use extreme caution.
When the roadway is flooded do not cross and seek an alternate route. Turn around, don't drown.
- Category: Weather
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley NM-
Central Grant County/Silver City Area NM-
330 PM MDT Thu Sep 10 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY
THROUGH 400 PM MDT...
At 329 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Cobre, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
- Category: Weather
ROAD ADVISORY
FLOODING – Mimbres/Lake Roberts Area
NM 35 from milepost 27 to 5, Mimbres, has water running over the roadway at low water crossings, roadway is still passable. NMDOT is currently monitoring and will notify as conditions change.
When the roadway is flooded do not cross and seek an alternate route. Turn around, don't drown.
- Category: Weather
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
242 PM MDT Fri Aug 28 2026
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Grant County in southwestern New Mexico...
* Until 445 PM MDT.
* At 242 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
- Category: Weather
* Dust Storm Warning for...
South central Grant County in southwestern New Mexico...
Northwestern Luna County in southwestern New Mexico...
Northwestern Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico...
* Until 615 PM MDT.
* At 532 PM MDT, a wall of dust was along a line extending from 7
miles north of Separ to 11 miles north of Road Forks, moving south
at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
* I-10 near Lordsburg, NM.
- Category: Weather
Removed Difficult Driving Conditions on NM 78 at mile marker 9, Roadway clear.
ROAD ADVISORY
FLOODING –Mule Creek Area
Difficult Driving Conditions, NM 78 eastbound and westbound mile marker 9. Standing water on roadway. Use extreme caution.
When the roadway is flooded do not cross and seek an alternate route. Turn around, don't drown.
- Category: Weather
ROAD ADVISORY
CRASH- Silver City Area
Crash, US 180 eastbound lane at mile marker 114, the driving right lane is closed due to debris on roadway.
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