Update, October 29, 2026, 4:05 a.m. CDT: The National Weather Service issued a new flood watch for New Mexico’s South Central Mountains and extended a separate watch across the Lubbock region of Texas ahead of more rain.

Albuquerque’s 1:41 a.m. MDT bulletin places the South Central Mountains under a watch from noon through 8 p.m. MDT Thursday. Forecasters expect afternoon storms near the Sacramento Mountains ridgeline, with repeated storms potentially bringing 1–1.5 inches where they overlap, including near burn scars.

Lubbock’s 2:52 a.m. CDT bulletin extends its watch from 4 p.m. Thursday through 8 p.m. Friday across the South Plains, Rolling Plains and parts of the Panhandle. Heavy showers may produce flash flooding, particularly Thursday night into Friday morning.

A watch means flooding is possible; it does not establish that flooding is occurring throughout the watch area. NWS urged people to monitor later warnings and avoid flooded roads.

Historical Reporting — October 28: The warning periods listed below have passed. These paragraphs preserve the earlier account and should not be read as current alerts.

The National Weather Service issued new flash-flood warnings October 28 for parts of southern New Mexico and west Texas as thunderstorms produced heavy rain.

A 5:44 p.m. Mountain daylight time bulletin placed north-central Otero County, New Mexico, under a warning until 7:45 p.m. Radar indicated 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rain, with up to another inch possible.

A separate warning covers southwestern Eddy County, New Mexico, and northern Culberson County, Texas, until 8:30 p.m. Mountain time. Named locations include portions of U.S. 62/180, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Lincoln National Forest and Queen.

Southeastern Lincoln County, New Mexico, including Hondo, Picacho and Tinnie, remains under a warning until 8:15 p.m. Mountain time. Central Hudspeth County, Texas, has a separate warning through that same hour.

The agency said flash flooding was ongoing or expected shortly in the warned areas. The bulletins cite radar evidence and urge drivers to avoid flooded roads and low-water crossings.

Sources: National Weather Service — October 29 watches and dated bulletins: https://www.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=abq&wwa=all National Weather Service — October 28 flash-flood bulletins used in earlier reporting: https://www.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&wwa=Flash+Flood+Warning