Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 930 AM MDT This Morning
- 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
Southeastern Lincoln County in central New Mexico... Southern Curry County in east central New Mexico... Roosevelt County in east central New Mexico... Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico...
When
Until 930 AM MDT Friday.
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 324 AM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. - Thunderstorms are moving northeastward through the warned area. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Roswell, Clovis, Portales, Dexter, Hagerman, Texico, Melrose, Elida, Dora and Elkins. - 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
- Curry County, NM
- Lincoln County, NM
- Roosevelt County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~30s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3BYC03YVEWCBBHF9N4CJY86
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f786b43e446126bae527d0d6ac69a05f9be30b21.001.1
- 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.6357
- 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 250929 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM MDT THIS MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KABQ.FA.W.0012.260925T0929Z-260925T1530Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T09:30:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chaves County, NM
- Curry County, NM
- Lincoln County, NM
- Roosevelt County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035005 |
| SAME | 035009 |
| SAME | 035027 |
| SAME | 035041 |
| UGC | NMC005 |
| UGC | NMC009 |
| UGC | NMC027 |
| UGC | NMC041 |
- Polygons
- 33.15,-105.32 33.3,-104.93 33.82,-104.21 34.08,-104.03 34.08,-103.95 34.2,-103.95 34.31,-103.87 34.52,-103.57 34.73,-103.04 34.22,-103.04 33.59,-103.44 33.57,-103.72 33.4,-103.72 32.97,-104.24 32.96,-104.84 32.52,-104.84 32.52,-105.35 33.15,-105.32