NWS Albuquerque NMFF.W 0192September 25, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Chaves, NM
The National Weather Service office in Albuquerque issued a flash flood warning for Chaves in New Mexico, which was in force until 5:00 a.m. local time on September 25. It was the 192nd flash flood warning the NWS office in Albuquerque issued in 2026. New Mexico had 190 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 21 in an average September of 2008-2025 (New Mexico's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.9 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Albuquerque NM
- Area
- Chaves
- State
- New Mexico
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:04 a.m. MDT, September 25, 2026
- Expires
- 5:00 a.m. MDT, September 25, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KABQ FF.W 0192
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico since 2008Every warning type in New Mexico
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The notice as issued
FFWABQ The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico... * Until 500 AM MDT. * At 304 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 4 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.75 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Roswell, Dexter, Hagerman, Bottomless Lakes State Park, Bitter Lake Wildlife Refuge, Lake Arthur, Midway, Greenfield and Roswell Correctional Facility. This includes the following highways... Highway 380 between Mile Markers 156 and 167. Highway 285 between Mile Markers 79 and 120.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
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The record around this notice
- Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico since 2008165 a year
- Every warning type in New Mexico
- Flash Flood Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most3,924 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels