Flash Flood Warning
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 715 PM MDT This Evening For North Central Sierra County
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 517 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Alamosa Canyon. Water may take some time to drain through canyons and arroyos towards upper Lake Shore Road and Elephant Butte Reservoir.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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
- ~20s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XZBG410G2VQQKN9WP4QPYP
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f41d9f0c42deb564a576d2bb39c66de4bb144d44.001.1
- 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.9484
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFS |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFSEPZ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS74 KEPZ 192317 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| flashFloodDamageThreat | CONSIDERABLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KEPZ.FF.W.0151.000000T0000Z-260920T0115Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T19:15:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Sierra County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035051 |
| UGC | NMC051 |
- Polygons
- 33.38,-107.4 33.36,-107.43 33.33,-107.42 33.28,-107.23 33.3,-107.17 33.36,-107.18 33.41,-107.34 33.4,-107.39 33.38,-107.4