Flash Flood Warning
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 23 At 12:32AM MDT Until September 23 At 2:00AM MDT By NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWEPZ The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central El Paso County in western Texas... * Until 200 AM MDT. * At 1232 AM MDT, A thunderstorm with torrential rainfall rates has produced nearly .75 inches of rain in 30 minutes near Socorro. This storm is about to move over areas in southeast and central El Paso which have already received up to 1.50 inches of rain earlier this evening.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar and automated gauges.
Impacts
Flash flooding of arroyos, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... East, Central and Southeast El Paso, Mission Valley, Fort Bliss, Socorro and Sparks.
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.
Affected areas
- El Paso County, TX
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~51s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M36FF3NWQBZT5M5CND1Z2VF5
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.774a9caedcbd3e76f85f83c2ed33947c72af1a68.001.1
- 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.1161
- 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 | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWEPZ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS54 KEPZ 230632 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0156.260923T0632Z-260923T0800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T02:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- El Paso County, TX
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 048141 |
| UGC | TXC141 |
- Polygons
- 31.77,-106.52 31.79,-106.52 31.86,-106.49 31.79,-106.3 31.75,-106.23 31.7,-106.21 31.66,-106.24 31.63,-106.3 31.64,-106.32 31.7,-106.35 31.71,-106.37 31.73,-106.38 31.76,-106.45 31.76,-106.47 31.75,-106.48 31.75,-106.49 31.76,-106.51 31.77,-106.52