Flood Watch
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
Flood Watch issued September 15 at 11:07AM MDT until September 16 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM
- Issued
- Onset
- Expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
Where
Portions of central and west central New Mexico, including the following areas, in central New Mexico, San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands. In west central New Mexico, San Francisco River Valley and Southwest Mountains.
When
From Wednesday afternoon through late Wednesday night.
Impacts
Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Additional details
- Much of the area received a soaking rainfall of one half inch to two inches Monday and Monday night, saturating soils and increasing flows through area creeks and streams. Heavy rainfall rates of one to two inches per hour this afternoon and evening over saturated soils may result in flash flooding, including on and downstream of the Sacaton/Hummingbird burn scar. - Http://www.weather.gov/abq/EmergencyPrepFlood
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Southwest Mountains
- San Francisco River Valley
- San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2K0M8DJ2V1B5Y7AJ85XT1A9
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.11f23c63bf9685104f800bd194bd80586893f588.001.2
- 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.7035
- 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 | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFAABQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS65 KABQ 151707 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KABQ.FA.A.0020.000000T0000Z-260916T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T00:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.90fd6c0646b173e81bdc28066ab007f87eebe062.001.1,2026-09-15T01:01:00-06:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Southwest Mountains
- San Francisco River Valley
- San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035003 |
| SAME | 035053 |
| UGC | NMZ208 |
| UGC | NMZ209 |
| UGC | NMZ241 |