Flash Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 530 AM MDT Early This Morning For Southwestern 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 409 AM MDT, satellite estimates indicate thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.
Source
Satellite estimates.
Impacts
Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Dunken and Elk. Rio Penasco and Bluewater Creek. Locally heavy rainfall has fallen in southern areas of this warning, including on Russel Gap Rd., Bear Canyon Rd., and Canyon Rd..
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
- ~35s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3C0NCREVXE6E9P2VR0ZB1W2
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.38ccf3f709b366de6ba41a5e9d79fd5f3a525dac.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.7318
- 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 251009 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY |
| flashFloodDamageThreat | CONSIDERABLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0191.000000T0000Z-260925T1130Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T05:30:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chaves County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035005 |
| UGC | NMC005 |
- Polygons
- 32.98,-105.32 32.87,-104.84 32.52,-104.84 32.52,-105.35 32.96,-105.35 32.96,-105.32 32.98,-105.32