Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until Saturday Afternoon
- 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... San Juan River At Farmington affecting San Juan County.
What
Minor flooding is forecast.
Where
San Juan River at Farmington.
When
Until Saturday afternoon.
Impacts
At 10.0 feet, The current extent of flooding along the San Juan River in New Mexico has not been observed since before the completion of Navajo Dam in 1962. In the Farmington vicinity, backwater flooding on the Animas River at and above the confluence with the San Juan River is the major concern. See flood bulletins pertaining to the Animas River. Downriver through Shiprock, mostly low lying and agricultural areas are subject to inundation.
Additional details
- At 6:00 PM MDT Thursday the stage was 8.3 feet. - Bankfull stage is 7.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this evening to a crest of 8.9 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early Saturday morning. - Flood stage is 8.5 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 10.2 feet on 06/29/1927. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/abq. The next statement will be issued Friday afternoon at noon MDT.
Affected areas
- San Juan County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~27s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M5K302ZX7K0SVG2XTG6R7YHY
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f3f8b8a71de9d50886c09a78d32baa0512557585.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- AWIPS ID
- CAPABQ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1020
- 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 230036 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KABQ.FL.W.0010.261023T0200Z-261024T2100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-24T15:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- San Juan County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035045 |
| UGC | NMC045 |
- Polygons
- 36.68,-107.81 36.66,-108.08 36.75,-108.68 36.79,-108.66 36.72,-107.83 36.68,-107.81