Flood Watch
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
Details
Flood Watch Remains In Effect Through This 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
Portions of south central and southwest New Mexico, including the following areas, in south central New Mexico, East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo, East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, Northern Dona Ana County, Otero Mesa, Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet, Sierra County Lakes, Southeast Tularosa Basin, Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley, West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands and West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet. In southwest New Mexico, Eastern Black Range Foothills.
When
Through this 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. Low-water crossings may be flooded.
Additional details
- A late season plume of deep tropical moisture is transported northward ahead of an upper-level disturbance, bringing several rounds of thunderstorms with high rainfall rates to the region through this evening. Repeated showers and possible thunderstorms will result in scattered to numerous instances of flash flooding with some considerable cases with the greatest threat over Otero county. - 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
- 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
- West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands
- East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo
- Southeast Tularosa Basin
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
- 01M37NNC2R64Q6V7DB3BS5ECJE
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f14645d4c8fc900fb3c192f5cb28e48d641dc286.002.1
- 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.7439
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFAEPZ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS64 KEPZ 231740 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KEPZ.FA.A.0015.000000T0000Z-260924T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T00:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0c4b5b643e5d8d2b0f467b91595a634a23d27a4a.002.2,2026-09-22T21:09:00-06:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c3ff6a146599f5173c4c632ae2f238b0a6fd7bff.001.1,2026-09-22T21:54:00-06:00 |
Locations
Location data
- 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
- West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands
- East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo
- Southeast Tularosa Basin
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035017 |
| SAME | 035029 |
| SAME | 035051 |
| SAME | 035013 |
| SAME | 035035 |
| UGC | NMZ408 |
| UGC | NMZ409 |
| UGC | NMZ410 |
| UGC | NMZ411 |
| UGC | NMZ414 |
| UGC | NMZ415 |
| UGC | NMZ416 |
| UGC | NMZ417 |
| UGC | NMZ427 |
| UGC | NMZ428 |
| UGC | NMZ429 |