Flash Flood Warning
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 25 At 3:52AM MDT Until September 25 At 6:45AM MDT By NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWEPZ The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Otero County in south central New Mexico... * Until 645 AM MDT. * At 352 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar indicated.
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... Sunspot and Boles Acres. Saturated soils from previous rainfall will increase the flood threat from these thunderstorms.
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
- Otero County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~19s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3BZNRY22C7Z1J6Z0XDTG126
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f396d8bd8bbabb2ce09d518e9395978e23709dbb.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- AWIPS ID
- CAPEPZ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.6884
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWEPZ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS54 KEPZ 250952 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0178.260925T0952Z-260925T1245Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T06:45:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Otero County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035035 |
| UGC | NMC035 |
- Polygons
- 32.75,-105.8 32.8,-105.81 32.81,-105.88 32.79,-106.01 32.66,-106.03 32.61,-105.9 32.64,-105.79 32.75,-105.8