Flood Watch
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flood Watch In Effect From 11 AM MDT This Morning Through Late Tonight
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
Where
A portion of central New Mexico, including the Albuquerque Metro Area.
When
From 11 AM MDT this morning through late tonight.
Impacts
Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Additional details
- Additional rounds of showers and storms are likely again Thursday. Storms with heavy rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour may occur during the afternoon and evening then another batch of showers with light to moderate rates is expected during the overnight hours. Recent wildfire burn scars, urban areas, communities with underdeveloped infrastructure, complex terrain, and locations where the ground is already saturated will be favored for rapid runoff and flash flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/abq/EmergencyPrepFlood
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
Affected areas
- Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area
- Lower Rio Grande Valley
- Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- 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
- 01M2QKM2C5NYGGJFCZAF8VWGBS
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.70c685535cbe11bd4ea4cd132e0cf96e4d3055a8.005.1
- 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.9803
- 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 IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT |
| 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
- Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area
- Lower Rio Grande Valley
- Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035001 |
| SAME | 035006 |
| SAME | 035043 |
| SAME | 035057 |
| SAME | 035061 |
| SAME | 035053 |
| SAME | 035049 |
| UGC | NMZ219 |
| UGC | NMZ220 |
| UGC | NMZ221 |