Flood Watch
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flood Watch In Effect From Noon MDT Today Through This Evening
- 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 is possible.
Where
Portions of west central and northwest New Mexico as well as the South Central Mountains and Eastern Lincoln County. This includes the Ruidoso area burn scars.
When
From noon MDT today through this evening.
Impacts
Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Additional details
- Soils are very saturated from days of soaking rainfall and flash flooding. Rainfall rates of 1 to 1.5 inches per hour may occur with storms this afternoon and evening. Wildfire burn scars, urban areas, communities with underdeveloped infrastructure, complex terrain, and areas where the ground is already saturated are most at risk for rapid runoff and flash flooding. Storms across western New Mexico will end during the evening, but storms could persist as late as Midnight in the Lincoln County portion of the Watch. - 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
- West Central Mountains
- Eastern Lincoln County
- San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m0s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2SW7Y2M4K56H54B5GN3X7Q2
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.41a2b60e7c683aa1bf22e5015c2614821ae277fe.003.1
- 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.5409
- 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 180905 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KABQ.FA.A.0023.260918T1800Z-260919T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T00:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- West Central Mountains
- Eastern Lincoln County
- San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035003 |
| SAME | 035006 |
| SAME | 035031 |
| SAME | 035043 |
| SAME | 035053 |
| SAME | 035027 |
| UGC | NMZ206 |
| UGC | NMZ239 |
| UGC | NMZ241 |