Flood Watch
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flood Watch Remains In Effect Through Late Thursday Night
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
Where
Portions of central, east central, and southeast New Mexico, including the following areas, in central New Mexico, Eastern Lincoln County and South Central Mountains. In east central New Mexico, De Baca County. In southeast New Mexico, Chaves County Plains and Southwest Chaves County.
When
Through late Thursday night.
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. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be flooded. Storm drains and ditches may become clogged with debris. Extensive street flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers are possible.
Additional details
- Rounds of showers and storms will continue through Thursday night. Rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour will have the potential to produce rapid runoff, especially during the afternoon and evening hours on Thursday. Soils are becoming increasingly saturated from persistent rainfall over the past couple of days, further elevating the risk of flash flooding. Rainfall amounts will generally range from 1 to 2 inches, with isolated totals up to 3 inches. - Rapid runoff and flash flooding will be most likely in complex terrain, below recent burn scars, low-lying areas, urban areas, normally dry arroyos, near rivers and streams, and in locations where the ground is already saturated from recent heavy rainfall. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. Never drive through flood waters. Most flash flood deaths occur in automobiles.
Affected areas
- South Central Mountains
- De Baca County
- Chaves County Plains
- Eastern Lincoln County
- Southwest Chaves County
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m3s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M38MFQDW6W1TPF5S0P30KHD6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.40527291e4b5119595a8a97135446dc847c7c1f8.003.1
- 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.3744
- 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
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- 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 | FFAABQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS65 KABQ 240238 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KABQ.FA.A.0024.000000T0000Z-260925T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T06:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c772a8501888f88c5d14598a53e6da4684ae7a1c.002.1,2026-09-23T02:00:00-06:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.72abc9365a5ae9f14055e0f06ce1934634ad9843.001.1,2026-09-22T11:57:00-06:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8fc016a4b9ec1707d18193d617968f63442ff884.002.1,2026-09-22T01:02:00-06:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5d5a0a0d75628f12e23f2eacf1c58d9903408030.001.1,2026-09-21T14:23:00-06:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e30c65b86489bfb60ede387d77cf5a40887bf1f8.001.1,2026-09-21T01:02:00-06:00 |
Locations
Location data
- South Central Mountains
- De Baca County
- Chaves County Plains
- Eastern Lincoln County
- Southwest Chaves County
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035027 |
| SAME | 035011 |
| SAME | 035005 |
| UGC | NMZ226 |
| UGC | NMZ237 |
| UGC | NMZ238 |
| UGC | NMZ239 |
| UGC | NMZ240 |