Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect From This Evening To Sunday Morning
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in New Mexico... Pecos River Near Lake Arthur affecting Chaves County. .Heavy rains North and East of Lake Arthur will result in significant and dangerous rises in the river throughout today and tomorrow. Pay attention to river forecasts for changes in height and timing information.
What
Moderate flooding is forecast. This approaches the flood of record.
Where
Pecos River near Lake Arthur.
When
From this evening to Sunday morning.
Additional details
- At 6:15 AM MDT Friday the stage was 5.1 feet. - Bankfull stage is 17.5 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this evening to a crest of 22.6 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow evening. - Flood stage is 20.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 21.9 feet on 09/24/1941. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/abq. The next statement will be issued this evening at 900 PM MDT.
Affected areas
- Chaves County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~49s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3CASXKWYES73W5MEJEEGVA1
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.81dae428882d906144a008340ec636be211cf90f.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.1550
- 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 | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWABQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS45 KABQ 251306 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO SUNDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KABQ.FL.W.0003.260926T0554Z-260927T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T06:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chaves County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035005 |
| UGC | NMC005 |
- Polygons
- 33.43,-104.32 33.2,-104.25 32.96,-104.22 32.96,-104.4 33.18,-104.38 33.43,-104.45 33.43,-104.32