Flash Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 5 AM MDT Early This Morning For Central 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 411 AM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.25 to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.
Source
Radar and automated gauges.
Impacts
Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Roswell, Dexter, Hagerman, Bottomless Lakes State Park, Bitter Lake Wildlife Refuge, Lake Arthur, Midway, Greenfield and Roswell Correctional Facility. This includes the following highways... Highway 380 between Mile Markers 156 and 167. Highway 285 between Mile Markers 79 and 120.
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
- 01M3C0S232S3DGE4XB5961VJ5K
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.da6e74fc73e959bda92b7e591c65ca6dc92b3918.001.1
- 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.7507
- 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 251011 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED |
| flashFloodDamageThreat | CONSIDERABLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0192.000000T0000Z-260925T1100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T05:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chaves County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035005 |
| UGC | NMC005 |
- Polygons
- 33.4,-104.64 33.55,-104.58 33.58,-104.35 33.11,-104.21 32.97,-104.24 32.96,-104.5 33.19,-104.62 33.4,-104.64