Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 1030 PM MDT This Evening
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Southeastern Lincoln County in central New Mexico... West Central Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico...
When
Until 1030 PM MDT.
Impacts
Flood waters are expected in Whitetail Canyon which will flow into the Rio Felix this afternoon through this evening. Flooding of these areas and other adjacent low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent. Water levels will continue to rise due to excess runoff from today's rainfall.
Additional details
- At 428 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms near Whitetail in the Sacramento Mountains. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Mainly rural areas of Southeastern Lincoln and West Central Chaves Counties. - Impacts are expected within Whitetail Canyon, along Picacho Road including Clements Ranch, in and along the Rio Felix. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Chaves County, NM
- Lincoln County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m1s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2RR0X175S5YAF3VB6FSRGV3
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d7e259bf0b0458aaef3ec21a1530285cc3ed8ab1.001.1
- 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.7249
- 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 | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWABQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS45 KABQ 172232 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM MDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KABQ.FA.W.0003.260917T2232Z-260918T0430Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T22:30:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chaves County, NM
- Lincoln County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035005 |
| SAME | 035027 |
| UGC | NMC005 |
| UGC | NMC027 |
- Polygons
- 33.15,-105.32 33.15,-105.28 33.09,-105.25 33.08,-105.26 33.07,-105.23 33.06,-105.22 33.04,-105.22 33.03,-105.2 33.05,-105.13 33.01,-105.02 32.97,-104.97 32.98,-104.93 32.92,-104.93 32.93,-105.0 32.97,-105.05 33.0,-105.24 33.04,-105.26 33.05,-105.28 33.12,-105.3 33.12,-105.32 33.15,-105.32