Flood Warning
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 8 PM MDT This Evening... ...Replaces Flash Flood Warning
- 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
Northeastern Otero County in south central New Mexico...
When
Until 800 PM MDT.
Impacts
Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.
Additional details
- At 607 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. - Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Mainly rural areas of Northeastern Otero County. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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
- ~42s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2VFV0K6KB76XC2ZWWBKYF9Y
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.52ce2c4004ea5aabcd7bb4fb365991a027e9e037.001.1
- 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.104
- 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 190007 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KEPZ.FA.W.0005.260919T0007Z-260919T0200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T20:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Otero County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035035 |
| UGC | NMC035 |
- Polygons
- 33.08,-105.32 33.16,-105.58 33.24,-105.61 33.31,-105.54 33.31,-105.32 33.08,-105.32