Flash Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 25 At 6:40PM MDT Until September 25 At 9:45PM MDT By NWS Albuquerque NM
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWABQ The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Socorro County in central New Mexico... * Until 945 PM MDT. * At 640 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch 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... Socorro, Escondida, Lemitar, San Antonio, Luis Lopez and Laborcita. This includes the following highways... Highway 60 between Mile Markers 122 and 138. Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 139 and 158.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. In hilly or mountainous terrain there are numerous low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Affected areas
- Socorro County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m2s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3DJH1XSJF3PD67RR62NE71S
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0490e3388d9aa99cbfbd4e7fbfc5f46f6fd9f73b.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.954
- 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 | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWABQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS55 KABQ 260040 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0200.260926T0040Z-260926T0345Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T21:45:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Socorro County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035053 |
| UGC | NMC053 |
- Polygons
- 34.02,-107.3 33.83,-107.27 33.93,-106.77 34.04,-106.62 34.27,-106.62 34.2,-106.92 34.08,-107.13 34.02,-107.3