Warning Vector

Flood Watch

NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US

Updated

Details

Flood Watch Now In Effect Through Late Wednesday Night

Event
Flood Watch
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Expected end
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Future
Severity
Severe
Certainty
Possible
Response
Prepare

Description

What

Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.

Where

Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest, southeast, and west central New Mexico, including the following areas, in central New Mexico, Central Highlands, Eastern Lincoln County, Estancia Valley, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Middle Rio Grande Valley including the Albuquerque Metro Area, San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands, Sandia and Manzano Mountains including Edgewood, South Central Highlands, South Central Mountains and Upper Tularosa Valley. In east central New Mexico, De Baca County, Guadalupe County and Quay County. In north central New Mexico, East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Espanola Valley, Far Northwest Highlands, Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass, Jemez Mountains, Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Northwest Highlands, Santa Fe Metro Area, Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Tusas Mountains Including Chama and Upper Rio Grande Valley. In northeast New Mexico, Eastern San Miguel County, Far Northeast Highlands, Harding County, Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass, Northeast Highlands and Union County. In northwest New Mexico, Chuska Mountains and Northwest Plateau. In southeast New Mexico, Chaves County Plains and Southwest Chaves County. In west central New Mexico, San Francisco River Valley, Southwest Mountains, West Central Highlands, West Central Mountains and West Central Plateau.

When

Through late Wednesday night.

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. Storm drains and ditches may become clogged with debris. Extensive street flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers are possible.

Additional details

- A dangerous surge of monsoon moisture will arrive today and Wednesday with widespread heavy rain. Scattered occurrences of flash flooding are likely, and there will probably be some main stem river and tributary flooding later in the week, as the most likely rain amount by Wednesday afternoon exceeds 1.5 inches many locations along and east of the central mountain chain, and 1 inch in many locations westward to around Dulce, Gallup, and Glenwood. Stronger storms will produce torrential rainfall at rates over 2 inches per hour, and storms will train repeatedly in succession over some locations, with locally heavier rain amounts reaching over 4 inches over portions of southern, central, and eastern New Mexico. Heavy rain will likely continue Wednesday night over north-central and eastern New Mexico, then showers and storms with locally heavy rainfall are forecast to return to much of the state again on Thursday. - Rapid runoff and flash flooding will be most likely in complex terrain, below recent burn scars, low-lying areas, urban areas, normally dry arroyos, and near rivers and streams. As the event unfolds, locations with saturated ground will also become prone to rapid runoff and flash flooding from additional rounds of storms. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Instructions

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

Affected areas

  • Northwest Plateau
  • Chuska Mountains
  • Far Northwest Highlands
  • Northwest Highlands
  • West Central Plateau
  • West Central Mountains
  • West Central Highlands
  • Southwest Mountains
  • San Francisco River Valley
  • Tusas Mountains Including Chama
  • Jemez Mountains
  • Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass
  • Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains
  • Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains
  • East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains
  • Upper Rio Grande Valley
  • Espanola Valley
  • Santa Fe Metro Area
  • Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area
  • Lower Rio Grande Valley
  • Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood
  • Estancia Valley
  • Central Highlands
  • South Central Highlands
  • Upper Tularosa Valley
  • South Central Mountains
  • Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass
  • Far Northeast Highlands
  • Northeast Highlands
  • Union County
  • Harding County
  • Eastern San Miguel County
  • Guadalupe County
  • Quay County
  • De Baca County
  • Chaves County Plains
  • Eastern Lincoln County
  • Southwest Chaves County
  • San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands

Public contact

Issuer
NWS Albuquerque NM

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~46s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Update
Lifecycle
Updated
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
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Identifier
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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.8390
WMO heading
XOUS55
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
United States (US)
WMO bulletin number
55

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

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Parameters

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eventEndingTime2026-09-24T06:00:00-06:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
expiredReferencesw-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5d5a0a0d75628f12e23f2eacf1c58d9903408030.001.1,2026-09-21T14:23:00-06:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e30c65b86489bfb60ede387d77cf5a40887bf1f8.001.1,2026-09-21T01:02:00-06:00
Locations

Location data

  • Northwest Plateau
  • Chuska Mountains
  • Far Northwest Highlands
  • Northwest Highlands
  • West Central Plateau
  • West Central Mountains
  • West Central Highlands
  • Southwest Mountains
  • San Francisco River Valley
  • Tusas Mountains Including Chama
  • Jemez Mountains
  • Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass
  • Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains
  • Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains
  • East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains
  • Upper Rio Grande Valley
  • Espanola Valley
  • Santa Fe Metro Area
  • Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area
  • Lower Rio Grande Valley
  • Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood
  • Estancia Valley
  • Central Highlands
  • South Central Highlands
  • Upper Tularosa Valley
  • South Central Mountains
  • Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass
  • Far Northeast Highlands
  • Northeast Highlands
  • Union County
  • Harding County
  • Eastern San Miguel County
  • Guadalupe County
  • Quay County
  • De Baca County
  • Chaves County Plains
  • Eastern Lincoln County
  • Southwest Chaves County
  • San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands
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