Flood Watch
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
Details
Flood Watch Remains In Effect From Tuesday Afternoon Through Wednesday Evening
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
Where
All of south-central and southwestern New Mexico, as well as El Paso and western Hudspeth Counties in Texas. The area of greatest concern will be near and east of the Continental Divide to the Tularosa Basin and Sacramento Mountains.
When
From Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday evening.
Impacts
Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be flooded. Extensive street flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers are possible.
Additional details
- An early season back door cool front will interact with a late season plume of deep tropical moisture, bringing several rounds of thunderstorms with torrential downpours to the region Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday evening. Repeated thunderstorms may tend to focus in one or two areas, resulting in higher end precipitation totals. The most critical period with the heaviest rain potential will likely be Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Affected areas
- Upper Gila River Valley
- Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley
- Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley
- Lowlands of the Bootheel
- Uplands of the Bootheel
- Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin
- Eastern Black Range Foothills
- Sierra County Lakes
- Northern Dona Ana County
- Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley
- West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
- Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet
- East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
- Otero Mesa
- Central Grant County/Silver City Area
- Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range
- West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands
- East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo
- Southeast Tularosa Basin
- Western El Paso County
- Eastern/Central El Paso County
- Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains
- Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~22s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3370HCR6QZK4TPXRZ281MA9
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.edeb8a3896765abd79d0240e68192d0f76464e69.002.1
- 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.115
- 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
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFAEPZ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS64 KEPZ 220007 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KEPZ.FA.A.0013.260922T1800Z-260924T0100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T19:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.611c0fc9ca6484f952a2fdb208df69cba885d389.001.1,2026-09-20T23:18:00-06:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Upper Gila River Valley
- Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley
- Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley
- Lowlands of the Bootheel
- Uplands of the Bootheel
- Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin
- Eastern Black Range Foothills
- Sierra County Lakes
- Northern Dona Ana County
- Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley
- West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
- Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet
- East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
- Otero Mesa
- Central Grant County/Silver City Area
- Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range
- West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands
- East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo
- Southeast Tularosa Basin
- Western El Paso County
- Eastern/Central El Paso County
- Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains
- Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035017 |
| SAME | 035023 |
| SAME | 035029 |
| SAME | 035051 |
| SAME | 035013 |
| SAME | 035035 |
| SAME | 048141 |
| SAME | 048229 |
| UGC | NMZ401 |
| UGC | NMZ403 |
| UGC | NMZ404 |
| UGC | NMZ405 |
| UGC | NMZ406 |
| UGC | NMZ407 |
| UGC | NMZ408 |
| UGC | NMZ409 |
| UGC | NMZ410 |
| UGC | NMZ411 |
| UGC | NMZ414 |
| UGC | NMZ415 |
| UGC | NMZ416 |
| UGC | NMZ417 |
| UGC | NMZ425 |
| UGC | NMZ426 |
| UGC | NMZ427 |
| UGC | NMZ428 |
| UGC | NMZ429 |
| UGC | TXZ418 |
| UGC | TXZ419 |
| UGC | TXZ420 |
| UGC | TXZ423 |