Flash Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 915 PM MDT This Evening For Northwestern Chaves County
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 749 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar and automated gauges.
Impacts
Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Roswell. This includes the following highways... Highway 380 between Mile Markers 156 and 159. Highway 285 between Mile Markers 104 and 118.
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
- ~1m5s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3B42S1EB4GN73KF6A8T34C3
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.efb08fbb3058a2a2f98d2149c8d9cc59bd9803c3.001.1
- 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.2694
- 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 250149 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0186.000000T0000Z-260925T0315Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T21:15:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chaves County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035005 |
| UGC | NMC005 |
- Polygons
- 33.31,-104.49 33.36,-104.46 33.47,-104.42 33.52,-104.52 33.44,-104.64 33.3,-104.62 33.31,-104.49