Flash Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 16 At 2:34PM MDT Until September 16 At 5:30PM MDT By NWS Albuquerque NM
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWABQ The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southeastern San Juan County in northwestern New Mexico... * Until 530 PM MDT. * At 234 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Nageezi. This includes Highway 550 between Mile Markers 113 and 120. This also includes Road 7800 southwest of Nageezi. High water flows are also expected in Kimbeto Wash.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads. Arroyos, streams, and normally dry rivers can become raging killer currents in a matter of minutes. Water in arroyos can travel many miles and take hours to reach your location from upstream rain areas.
Affected areas
- San Juan County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~18s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2NYTTE8EHFK70G3TADYWK88
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.87a3cd16e64f57fd2ca430b841852b1710975c25.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- AWIPS ID
- CAPABQ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.4084
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWABQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS55 KABQ 162034 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0141.260916T2034Z-260916T2330Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T17:30:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- San Juan County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035045 |
| UGC | NMC045 |
- Polygons
- 36.3,-107.82 36.31,-107.79 36.31,-107.76 36.27,-107.72 36.24,-107.7 36.2,-107.71 36.18,-107.76 36.18,-107.8 36.16,-107.84 36.15,-107.87 36.15,-107.88 36.18,-107.86 36.23,-107.85 36.27,-107.84 36.28,-107.84 36.3,-107.82