Flood Advisory
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 445 AM MDT Early This Morning
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Southeastern El Paso County in western Texas... West Central Hudspeth County in western Texas...
When
Until 445 AM MDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos.
Additional details
- At 151 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Tornillo and Acala. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
Affected areas
- El Paso County, TX
- Hudspeth County, TX
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~53s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2YWSNNF9GR8D3B7RYPGQ7Y4
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ccba14dd09c8d60d190841883c763b3f30e76cb1.001.1
- 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.3276
- 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 | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSEPZ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS84 KEPZ 200751 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KEPZ.FA.Y.0335.260920T0751Z-260920T1045Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T04:45:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- El Paso County, TX
- Hudspeth County, TX
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 048141 |
| SAME | 048229 |
| UGC | TXC141 |
| UGC | TXC229 |
- Polygons
- 31.59,-106.01 31.66,-105.9 31.59,-105.74 31.49,-105.78 31.42,-105.86 31.34,-105.85 31.3,-105.9 31.31,-105.91 31.31,-105.92 31.32,-105.94 31.34,-105.95 31.37,-105.95 31.37,-105.97 31.39,-106.0 31.39,-106.01 31.4,-106.07 31.44,-106.14 31.59,-106.01