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Fact check: Does El Paso experience floods every summer? [1]
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Date: 2025-07-15
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El Paso has not experienced a flood, defined by the National Weather Service as a longer-term overflow of rising water, since 2006, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association storm records.
El Paso does experience flash flooding, which is caused by intense rainfall over a short period and can sweep through urban areas and arroyos within minutes.
In El Paso, flash floods typically occur between late June and September. From 2006 to 2024, El Paso averaged six flash floods per year, peaking in 2021 with 11. On June 25, 2025, flash flooding occurred in parts of Northeast El Paso, according to NWS El Paso Senior Forecaster Thomas Bird.
The 2006 flood was triggered when 10 inches of rainfall occurred in El Paso on Aug. 1, according to NOAA data. Due to extensive flooding and resident displacement, the county was declared a federal disaster area, according to NOAA’s flood report.
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