Flash Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Emergency For Mora, Monte Aplanado, Canon And Ledoux As Well As The Rito Cebolla
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORA COUNTY... At 554 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 6 inches of rain have fallen. A report of 5.89 inches of rain has been recorded at the JTH Forestry Center in Mora. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are possible in the warned area. Significant flash flooding is already occurring in Monte Aplanado and Mora. Highway 94 is also flooded and impassible south of Mora. FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Mora, Monte Aplanado, Canon and Ledoux as well as the Rito Cebolla. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
Hazard
Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding of low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Mora, Ledoux, Morphy Lake State Park, Monte Aplanado and Golondrinas. This includes State Road 518 between Mile Markers 19 and 21...and near Mile Marker 29. This includes the following recreation areas... Morphy Lake State Park. Flash flooding is also expected in the Rito Cebolla. Stay away from river banks.
Instructions
Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order. 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
- ~26s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35RNKA12CNN0G2W6A8XXK3K
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.71f73dec39d0fb7174f3d348fcb9b3fce95e6c18.001.1
- 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.9652
- 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 222354 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR MORA, MONTE APLANADO, CANON AND LEDOUX AS WELL AS THE RITO CEBOLLA |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| flashFloodDamageThreat | CATASTROPHIC |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0174.000000T0000Z-260923T0130Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T19:30:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Mora County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035033 |
| UGC | NMC033 |
- Polygons
- 35.99,-105.38 35.94,-105.44 35.89,-105.45 35.88,-105.37 35.9,-105.34 35.86,-105.26 35.88,-105.14 35.91,-105.15 35.9,-105.25 35.91,-105.27 35.95,-105.31 35.98,-105.32 35.97,-105.37 35.99,-105.38