Flood Advisory
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 745 PM MDT This Evening
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
North Central Otero County in south central New Mexico...
When
Until 745 PM MDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos. Dangerous flows over low-water crossings. Water over roadways. River or stream flows are elevated.
Additional details
- At 443 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Up to 0.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Bent. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Affected areas
- Otero County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m23s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2RRNQ4JTE6SHMZDGS9Q9B92
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3aab2f5659aa34dc4bae91da08ec2596b6ab5b09.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- AWIPS ID
- CAPEPZ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7576
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSEPZ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS84 KEPZ 172243 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KEPZ.FA.Y.0306.260917T2243Z-260918T0145Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T19:45:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Otero County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035035 |
| UGC | NMC035 |
- Polygons
- 33.11,-105.96 33.17,-105.87 33.17,-105.83 33.14,-105.82 33.1,-105.76 33.07,-105.76 33.04,-105.79 33.03,-105.88 33.07,-105.94 33.11,-105.96