Flood Advisory
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 215 AM MDT Friday
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Central Sierra County in south central New Mexico...
When
Until 215 AM MDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos. Some low-water crossings may become impassable.
Additional details
- At 1111 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause arroyo and small stream flooding. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall of up to 0.5 to 1.5 inches is expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Caballo, Cuchillo, Truth or Consequences, San Miguel, Engle, Palomas, City of Elephant Butte, Cutter, Spaceport America, Ladder Ranch, Williamsburg, Ash Canyon, Lower Palomas Canyon, Hot Springs Landing and Upper Palomas Canyon. - 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.
Affected areas
- Sierra County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~37s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2SETRT9WV6WP8WQK7DAGM2W
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.507ee2e730311561595b21878f7c073f9e0ea02a.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.7153
- 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 180511 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM MDT FRIDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KEPZ.FA.Y.0321.260918T0511Z-260918T0815Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T02:15:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Sierra County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035051 |
| UGC | NMC051 |
- Polygons
- 32.78,-107.19 32.9,-107.27 32.94,-107.6 33.24,-107.62 33.3,-106.93 32.99,-106.89 32.98,-107.03 32.99,-107.03 32.78,-107.05 32.78,-107.19