Weather Alerts For Bent, NM

# HEADLINE -------------------- FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SUNDAY # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. WHERE Portions of south central New Mexico and the Tularosa Basin, including Otero County. Far west Texas including El Paso and Hudspeth Counties. WHEN Until 6 AM MDT Sunday. IMPACTS Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be flooded. ADDITIONAL DETAILS - A few strong thunderstorms are still possible which could bring some heavy rain and isolated flash flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood ISSUED AT Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 10:53 PM MDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM HEADER Flood Watch # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties, Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County, East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo, Eastern/Central El Paso County, Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains, Otero Mesa, Salt Basin, Southeast Tularosa Basin, Southern Hudspeth Highlands, West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands, Western El Paso County Including the cities of Dell City, Chaparral, Fabens, Indian Hot Springs, Downtown El Paso, Holloman AFB, East and Northeast El Paso, White Sands National Park, Crow Flats, Tularosa, Fort Hancock, Loma Linda, Upper Valley, Sierra Blanca, Orogrande, Fort Bliss, Cornudas, Alamogordo, Socorro, Hueco Tanks, Tornillo, Salt Flat, White Sands Range Headquarters, and West El Paso

Closest strike: 21.35 miles Monitor Storms You are not at immediate risk, but frequently check WeatherBug to see if storms are moving towards you. Be aware that new storms can also form with little notice.

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS CORRECTED FOR INCORRECT HEADLINE SUMMARY Isolated severe wind/hail and a tornado remain possible across portions of New Mexico and Far West Texas this evening. 01Z Update Showers and thunderstorms continue across portions of the Southwest this evening. The most intense of these storms are located across portions of Far West Texas north into central New Mexico, where radar imagery continues to suggest large hail and severe gusts remains possible. This evening's 00 UTC sounding from Albuquerque, NM, shows steep low-level lapse rates that weaken in the mid-levels, yielding MUCAPE around 900 J/kg. This instability has likely peaked for the evening and should weaken with time as the low-levels stabilize with the loss of diurnal heating. The ongoing congealing of thunderstorms will continue, which when combined with weakening instability will lead to an increasingly sporadic and less organized severe threat overnight. That said, sufficient instability and low-level shear exists that the threat for isolated large hail and severe thunderstorm wind gusts may still occur over the next couple of hours.