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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
959 AM MDT MON APR 22 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE NM HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...
RIO CHAMA BELOW CHAMITA AFFECTING RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AROUND 1000 PM MDT.
NMC039-230400-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FL.W.0001.240423T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CMTN5.1.ER.240423T0000Z.240424T1800Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
959 AM MDT MON APR 22 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST FROM SNOW MELT AND WATER RELEASE.
* WHERE...RIO CHAMA BELOW CHAMITA.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...FLOOD LEVEL WILL REACH 6.0 FEET.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM MDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 6.2 FEET EARLY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
6.1 FEET ON 07/26/2001.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3608 10615 3610 10611 3606 10607 3603 10610
3606 10613
AB
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