Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 1230 PM MDT Thursday
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive runoff continues.
Where
Southwestern Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico...
When
Until 1230 PM MDT Thursday.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Low-water crossings are inundated with water and may not be passable.
Additional details
- At 821 PM MDT, the first flood wave along the Rio Penasco that prompted the warning has passed. However, a second flood wave is possible overnight from heavy runoff in the Sacramento Mountains. No additional rainfall is expected over the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Dunken and Elk. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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
- Chaves County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m25s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M38KTDGFNM8WH9AV0BNCWYGH
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.384d91261608cb7587afd021014709d79dbed159.001.1
- 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.3483
- 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 | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSABQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS85 KABQ 240226 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM MDT THURSDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KABQ.FA.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260924T1830Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T12:30:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chaves County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035005 |
| UGC | NMC005 |
- Polygons
- 32.97,-105.32 32.97,-105.26 32.88,-105.12 32.88,-105.06 32.86,-104.98 32.85,-104.92 32.83,-104.84 32.78,-104.84 32.78,-104.93 32.79,-105.04 32.8,-105.11 32.81,-105.2 32.81,-105.25 32.79,-105.35 32.96,-105.35 32.96,-105.32 32.97,-105.32