Hurricane Lorena To Fuel Stormy Weather, Flash Floods For Arizona, New Mexico, And Texas
on Sep 03, 2025
Hurricane Expected To Downgrade Upon Making Landfall
In the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 3, the 12th hurricane of the 2025 hurricane season formed in the Eastern Pacific: Hurricane Lorena.
While the storm is not expected to remain a hurricane by the time it reaches the United States, forecasts indicate it could still bring significant rainfall to Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
Presently off the coast of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, the Category 1 hurricane is likely to dissipate, but is projected to bring significant storms to the Southwest of the United States.
The Path Of The Storm
It remains to be seen how swiftly Hurricane Lorena’s strength will lessen, but the National Hurricane Center reports the storm has had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph as of Wednesday.
Moving Northwest at approximately 16 mph, authorities have already issued a tropical storm warning for the west coast of Baja California Sur, from Santa Fe to Punta Abreojos.
By Friday, the hurricane is expected to make landfall at Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, with “heavy rainfall and life-threatening flash flooding spreading northward across Baja California Sur.”
On Saturday, the storm will be on its path toward the United States, likely having been downgraded from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm.
Flash flooding and other severe weather is projected for Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona through the weekend and early in the coming week.
According to the Weather Channel:
… Several forecast models are showing an uptick in moisture across southern Arizona, New Mexico and Texas steadily as this week goes on, especially Friday into the weekend as Lorena’s remnant moisture and upper-level spin arrives. This means heavy rainfall could impact certain areas and even lead to flash flooding.
Further, the Weather Channel reports that the entire state of Arizona — as well as 70% of New Mexico — and much of the Southwest is experiencing drought conditions.
While the rain may be fierce, it may help counteract the drought.
See local news footage from Mexico of the incoming storm, here:
