Flash Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 645 PM MDT This Evening For Western Mora County
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 545 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area have ended, however, light rain continues. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are possible in the warned area. 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... La Cueva and Cleveland. This includes State Road 518 between Mile Markers 22 and 28...and between Mile Markers 30 and 32. Expect elevated flows in the Mora River.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. In hilly or mountainous terrain there are numerous low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Affected areas
- Mora County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m12s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35R6GMXGAKPQNKPKV18X7ER
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e684d88be950a23bf4233b05df06c0e7cf55047b.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.9550
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFS |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFSABQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS75 KABQ 222345 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN MORA COUNTY |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| flashFloodDamageThreat | CONSIDERABLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0172.000000T0000Z-260923T0045Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T18:45:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Mora County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035033 |
| UGC | NMC033 |
- Polygons
- 35.98,-105.27 35.99,-105.27 36.01,-105.29 36.02,-105.31 36.01,-105.34 36.0,-105.36 36.0,-105.37 35.99,-105.38 35.97,-105.37 35.98,-105.32 35.95,-105.31 35.91,-105.27 35.9,-105.25 35.9,-105.23 35.92,-105.23 35.95,-105.24 35.97,-105.25 35.98,-105.27