Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 330 AM MDT Friday
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Central Roosevelt County in east central New Mexico... Central Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico...
When
Until 330 AM MDT.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. Low-water crossings are inundated with water and may not be passable. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. It will take several hours for all the water from these storms to work through local drainage systems in urban areas.
Additional details
- At 1152 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area. Between 2 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Roswell, Portales, Dexter, Hagerman, Dora, Elkins, Bottomless Lakes State Park, Bitter Lake Wildlife Refuge, Pep and Arch. - High and fast flows are expected in the Rio Hondo. Stay away from river banks. - 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
- Roosevelt County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~27s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3BJ280Z5K7EBRY3AMHR4ZGK
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f8e132a6727cdf30117c08cf6d80851e95ae1301.001.1
- 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.8294
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWABQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS45 KABQ 250554 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM MDT FRIDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KABQ.FA.W.0011.260925T0554Z-260925T0930Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T03:30:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chaves County, NM
- Roosevelt County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035005 |
| SAME | 035041 |
| UGC | NMC005 |
| UGC | NMC041 |
- Polygons
- 33.37,-104.88 33.82,-104.22 34.08,-104.01 34.08,-103.84 33.82,-103.91 33.7,-103.88 33.68,-103.71 33.95,-103.61 33.99,-103.65 34.24,-103.37 34.23,-103.13 34.3,-103.04 34.23,-103.05 33.57,-103.52 33.57,-103.72 33.4,-103.72 32.97,-104.25 32.97,-104.84 33.14,-104.9 33.37,-104.88