Flood Advisory
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 630 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
Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Central Rio Arriba County in north central New Mexico...
When
Until 630 PM MDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 425 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause arroyo and small stream flooding. Between 0.75 and 1.25 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... El Vado. - The heaviest rains have focused over the area between the El Vado Reservoir and Stinking Lake. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. In hilly or mountainous terrain there are numerous low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. Do not camp along streams and rivers. Remain alert when hiking in steep, narrow canyons. Know where you are relative to low spots and drainages.
Affected areas
- Rio Arriba County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m8s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2VA2V6JHGTF6SBXPJ8TDW9D
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.57a2f7dc008d3b393f898b5a20e2f643c329cd46.001.1
- 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.7500
- 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 | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSABQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS85 KABQ 182226 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KABQ.FA.Y.0314.260918T2226Z-260919T0030Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T18:30:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Rio Arriba County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035039 |
| UGC | NMC039 |
- Polygons
- 36.57,-106.92 36.51,-106.94 36.4,-106.88 36.47,-106.7 36.61,-106.7 36.6,-106.82 36.57,-106.92