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WGUS45 KABQ 240053
FLWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
653 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...
LA PLATA RIVER BELOW REDMESA AFFECTING SAN JUAN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON MDT.
NMC045-241800-
/O.CON.KABQ.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-261024T1800Z/
/LPSC2.2.ER.261024T0310Z.261024T0600Z.261024T1821Z.NR/
653 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF
RECORD.
* WHERE...LA PLATA RIVER BELOW REDMESA.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:30 PM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT WAS LIKELY NEAR
CREST.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS LIKELY NEAR CREST. IT WILL THEN FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE
POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 10.8
FEET ON 08/26/1934.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (6 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
LA PLATA RIVER
REDMESA 9.0 7.5 FRI 6 PM 7.9 5.0 4.5
LAT...LON 3700 10817 3689 10815 3673 10823 3674 10828
3689 10823 3700 10820
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