Flood Watch

NWS Albuquerque NM · US

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This event was updated at 2026-09-18 09:05:00 UTC.

Details

Flood Watch Will Expire At 6 AM MDT Early This Morning

Event: Flood Watch
Issued: 2026-09-17 11:56:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-17 17:00:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-17 18:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-18 09:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Future
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Response: Prepare

Description

The Flood Watch will expire for a portion of west central New Mexico, including the following area, West Central Highlands. Another Flash Flood Watch is in effect for the area Thursday.

Instructions

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

Affected areas

West Central Highlands

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Albuquerque NM
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-17 11:56:51 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~51s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Alert
Lifecycle: New
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M2QKM21987SJB2PRPA89MT49
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.70c685535cbe11bd4ea4cd132e0cf96e4d3055a8.002.2
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.9798
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	FFA
NationalWeatherService	FAA

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	FFAABQ
WMOidentifier	WGUS65 KABQ 171156
NWSheadline	FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
EAS-ORG	WXR
VTEC	/O.EXA.KABQ.FA.A.0022.260917T1700Z-260918T0900Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-18T03:00:00-06:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS

Locations

Location data

West Central Highlands

Name	Value
SAME	035001
SAME	035006
SAME	035031
SAME	035043
SAME	035053
SAME	035061
UGC	NMZ207