Flash Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 18 At 1:30PM MDT Until September 18 At 4:30PM MDT By NWS Albuquerque NM
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWABQ The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... North Central San Juan County in northwestern New Mexico... * Until 430 PM MDT. * At 130 PM MDT, the public reported thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.75 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 inch in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 0.75 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Public reported.
Impacts
Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Farmington, Aztec, Kirtland, Flora Vista and Upper Fruitland. This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 42 and 52.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- San Juan County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~19s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2TZZ3N8FK8Z56HZQB5MP5WB
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fcc99a449349fad402f1564150abb4674581fc54.001.1
- 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.2568
- 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 | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWABQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS55 KABQ 181930 |
| flashFloodDetection | OBSERVED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0152.260918T1930Z-260918T2230Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T16:30:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- San Juan County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035045 |
| UGC | NMC045 |
- Polygons
- 36.74,-108.35 36.66,-108.27 36.75,-108.11 36.85,-107.97 36.91,-108.07 36.84,-108.25 36.74,-108.35