Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Sunday Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Major severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in New Mexico... San Juan River At Farmington affecting San Juan County.
What
Moderate flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast. This approaches the flood of record.
Where
San Juan River at Farmington.
When
Until Sunday 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. At 8.5 feet, Overbank flow is occurring from just below the confluence of the Animas and San Juan Rivers at Farmington, and continuing downriver through Shiprock. At this water level, the fast flow can result in river bank erosion but otherwise minor flood damage.
Additional details
- At 9:00 AM MDT Friday the stage was 11.5 feet. - Bankfull stage is 7.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 9:00 AM MDT Friday was 11.5 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 12.2 feet late this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow morning. - Flood stage is 8.5 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 12.3 feet on 09/06/1909. - 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 1000 PM MDT.
Affected areas
- San Juan County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~52s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M5MQNDT0XT2FZARJJ2GNSFXD
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a7ffb0c829246fab20b2add461ee47ea661a0e48.001.1
- 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.5460
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
References
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWABQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS45 KABQ 231556 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KABQ.FL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-261025T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-25T12:00:00-06:00 |
| 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