Warning Vector

Flash Flood Warning

NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US

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Details

Flash Flood Warning Issued September 19 At 5:47PM MDT Until September 19 At 7:45PM 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 Socorro County in central New Mexico... Southwestern Valencia County in central New Mexico... Southeastern Cibola County in west central New Mexico... * Until 745 PM MDT. * At 547 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.25 to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

Hazard

Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

Source

Radar indicated.

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... San Acacia, La Joya, Bernardo, Veguita, Chamizal, Contreras, Abeytas, Sabinal and Las Nutrias. This includes the following highways... Highway 60 between Mile Markers 166 and 168. Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 160 and 184.

Instructions

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

Affected areas

  • Cibola County, NM
  • Socorro County, NM
  • Valencia County, NM

Public contact

Issuer
NWS Albuquerque NM

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~32s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M2Y12SVWYT9XAR7WA3MQSN98
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.23fa0e2a6c8ed902ee43d7b1bd6f7051651c387f.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.10357
WMO heading
XOUS55
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
United States (US)
WMO bulletin number
55

Event codes

NameValue
SAMEFFW
NationalWeatherServiceFFW

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierFFWABQ
WMOidentifierWGUS55 KABQ 192347
flashFloodDetectionRADAR INDICATED
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
EAS-ORGWXR
VTEC/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0160.260919T2347Z-260920T0145Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-19T19:45:00-06:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Cibola County, NM
  • Socorro County, NM
  • Valencia County, NM
NameValue
SAME035006
SAME035053
SAME035061
UGCNMC006
UGCNMC053
UGCNMC061
Polygons
34.58,-107.28 34.58,-107.2 34.65,-107.2 34.58,-106.89 34.53,-106.74 34.22,-106.85 34.15,-107.25 34.5,-107.3 34.58,-107.28