Flood Warning
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Thursday Morning
- 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 Moderate severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in New Mexico... Rio Puerco Near Bernardo affecting Socorro County.
What
Moderate flooding is forecast.
Where
Rio Puerco near Bernardo.
When
Until Thursday morning.
Impacts
At 23.0 feet, Streets in the village of San Francisco between interstate 25 and the Rio Grande just south of Bernardo will flood. Water levels in the Lower Rio Puerco have not been this high since July of 1944. The nearby railroad bridge may flood. Further rises would impact Interstate 25 traffic.
Additional details
- At 2:00 PM MDT Sunday the stage was 17.6 feet. - Bankfull stage is 18.0 feet. - Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage this afternoon to 24.1 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall early Tuesday afternoon. It will rise again to 22.5 feet Wednesday morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Thursday morning. - Flood stage is 19.5 feet. - Flood History...No available flood history. - 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 late tonight at 200 AM MDT.
Affected areas
- Socorro County, NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~55s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M5TD1Y83PHPJNDQFWVWYDJ5F
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5e235b5c2ee9001e2308cfeb1a1b63a37f425910.001.1
- 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.4362
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
References
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWABQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS45 KABQ 252046 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KABQ.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-261029T1400Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-29T08:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4eaa14a3a110336d959ea7f570adc04e37202b12.001.1,2026-10-24T19:50:00-06:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Socorro County, NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035053 |
| UGC | NMC053 |
- Polygons
- 35.59,-107.13 35.31,-106.89 34.4,-106.82 34.37,-106.87 34.87,-107.07 35.61,-107.23 35.59,-107.13