Flood Warning

NWS Albuquerque NM · US

Updated

This event was updated at 2026-10-28 00:54:00 UTC.

Details

Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until Late Thursday Night

Event: Flood Warning
Issued: 2026-10-26 22:47:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-10-26 22:47:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-10-27 18:15:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-10-30 06:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

Overview

...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity for the following rivers in New Mexico... Rio Puerco Near Bernardo affecting Socorro County.

What

Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.

Where

Rio Puerco near Bernardo.

When

Until late Thursday night.

Impacts

At 24.0 feet, old Highway 60 bridge is overtopped. At 23.0 feet, streets in the village of San Francisco between interstate 25 and the Rio Grande just south of Bernardo are being flooded. Water levels in the Lower Rio Puerco have not been this high since July of 1944. The nearby railroad bridge may also be flooded. Further rises will impact Interstate 25 traffic.

Additional details

- At 4:00 PM MDT Monday the stage was 24.3 feet. - Bankfull stage is 18.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 4:00 PM MDT Monday was 24.3 feet. - Forecast...The river will rise to 25.3 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall early Wednesday afternoon to near 20.2 feet. It will again rise to 21.6 feet Thursday morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Thursday afternoon to 12.1 feet Friday evening. It will then rise again but remain below flood stage. - 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 Tuesday afternoon at 1215 PM MDT.

Affected areas

Socorro County, NM

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Albuquerque NM
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-10-26 22:47:55 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~56s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M5X6C7X5P18MKW83P6DDQ70J
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.15f32296cbc4ef8fbedc788f75490c6ba36ea297.001.1
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.7313
WMO heading: XOUS55
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 55

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5f35d76f9e55c82822ba255540cf94e3737de617.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-26 16:13:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.82adf4c70dfb9ef6fbb58307ffd97aed9fd26244.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-26 17:57:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ce813c795124537508669600b14dc75addebf91c.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-26 17:59:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b3102db58d68d84adc2a8ac147f9941af08fcf3e.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-26 18:01:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.91693fadfa9b120664518d979875b1671a2cb869.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-26 18:11:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aa1585c3ba14d880129f931b0f3862952645425b.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-26 01:44:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bb467e5be48680929be70b1d914eda818a2f36de.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-25 14:20:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5e235b5c2ee9001e2308cfeb1a1b63a37f425910.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-25 20:46:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.26c6d7546162bf6270cfc0e77902e08d8ed204a0.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-25 19:31:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4eaa14a3a110336d959ea7f570adc04e37202b12.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-25 01:50:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	FLW
NationalWeatherService	FLW

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	FLWABQ
WMOidentifier	WGUS45 KABQ 262247
NWSheadline	FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
EAS-ORG	WXR
VTEC	/O.CON.KABQ.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-261030T0600Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-10-30T00:00:00-06:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	[email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aa1585c3ba14d880129f931b0f3862952645425b.001.1,2026-10-25T19:44:00-06:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bb467e5be48680929be70b1d914eda818a2f36de.001.1,2026-10-25T08:20:00-06:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5e235b5c2ee9001e2308cfeb1a1b63a37f425910.001.1,2026-10-25T14:46:00-06:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.26c6d7546162bf6270cfc0e77902e08d8ed204a0.001.1,2026-10-25T13:31:00-06:00 [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