Hurricane Risk in El Paso, TX

Mon Sep 28, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT – cancelled Wed Sep 30, 1:50 AM MDT · All of El Paso County, plus Hudspeth County and southern New Mexico

Hazard: Heavy rain and flash flooding from Polo's tropical moisture, plus a Wind Advisory for gusts up to 55 mph.

Polo never reached El Paso as a tropical storm. It made landfall on Baja California Sur's west coast late Monday, just south of Las Barrancas (NHC advisory 34A; NHC later estimated it was a Category 2 hurricane at landfall), crossed the Gulf of California, and came ashore again late Tuesday morning a little east of Guaymas, Sonora, at 75 mph (advisory 36A). It weakened to a tropical storm by 2 PM MST (advisory 37) and NHC declared it dissipated over northwestern Mexico at 8 PM MST Tuesday (9 PM in El Paso), about 125 miles southwest of El Paso; that was NHC's last advisory (38). NHC said its remnants were still producing heavy rain and gusty winds over parts of the southwestern U.S. that evening. While the watch was in effect, NWS El Paso issued three flash flood warnings that included parts of El Paso County: El Paso's east side Monday evening (7:02–8:29 PM), northwest El Paso County including Canutillo, Westway and Vinton Tuesday afternoon (4:10–5:45 PM), and the far southeastern county near Fort Hancock Tuesday night (9:24 PM–12:30 AM). It also issued four flood advisories for the county (three Monday evening and night, one Tuesday 3:16–4:15 PM), a severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern El Paso County Tuesday afternoon (3:33–4:15 PM), and the Wind Advisory, which ran from 3 PM until it was cancelled at 10:40 PM Tuesday. NWS cancelled the watch at 1:50 AM Wednesday, about four hours early, saying additional flooding was not expected. The watch was first issued late Saturday, September 26.

Tue Sep 29, 2026, 4:00 PM MDT – 4:19 PM MDT · Northwest El Paso County (Vinton, Anthony) and El Paso

Hazard: Thunderstorm downpours in the moisture from Polo's remnants.

Flooding was reported to NWS Tuesday afternoon: South Desert Blvd was closed by flooding near Vinton, water was running over S. Desert Blvd at Anthony (TxDOT camera), and a trained spotter reported flooding at Harrison and Alabama streets in El Paso deep enough to stop traffic. Thunderstorm winds also brought down power lines and utility poles near Rushing Road and Fairbanks Drive in northeast El Paso. El Paso International Airport measured 0.72 inch of rain Monday and 0.09 inch Tuesday, with a peak gust of 43 mph Tuesday. Gauges in NWS El Paso's Wednesday-morning rain report ranged from 0.59 to 1.58 inches across the county, the most about 5 miles north of El Paso. No flooding was reported to NWS in El Paso County from Monday evening's warning or Tuesday night's warning near Fort Hancock (Local Storm Reports checked 2026-09-30).