Flood Warning
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 1115 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
Small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Northwestern Otero County in south central New Mexico...
When
Until 1115 PM MDT.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.
Additional details
- At 817 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area. Between 2 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Mescalero, Tularosa and Bent. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. 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
- ~36s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2S4W4K1Z1V0XDV7V5B5RN07
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fdc44615a3c9e326e02f37f7bc4c776960907ee3.001.1
- 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.3389
- 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 | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWEPZ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS44 KEPZ 180217 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KEPZ.FA.W.0004.260918T0217Z-260918T0515Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T23:15:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Otero County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035035 |
| UGC | NMC035 |
- Polygons
- 33.09,-106.05 33.08,-106.04 33.08,-105.87 33.04,-105.76 33.08,-105.75 33.12,-105.77 33.14,-105.81 33.17,-105.81 33.17,-105.86 33.1,-106.04 33.09,-106.05