400  
WGUS45 KABQ 202359  
FLWABQ  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
559 PM MDT SUN OCT 20 2024  
 
NMC033-055-211600-  
/O.NEW.KABQ.FA.W.0007.241020T2359Z-241021T1600Z/  
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
MORA NM-TAOS NM-  
559 PM MDT SUN OCT 20 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT MONDAY
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RECENT HEAVY RAIN AND SNOWMELT IS  
OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO,  
SOUTHEASTERN TAOS. IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO, NORTHWESTERN MORA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 1000 AM MDT MONDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER  
CROSSINGS MAY BE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 553 PM MDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING IN  
THE WARNED AREA DUE TO SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE  
WEEKEND COUPLED WITH HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW MELT.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
CHACON.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
IN HILLY OR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER  
CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT  
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3615 10546 3617 10549 3621 10548 3622 10546  
3624 10545 3626 10543 3628 10539 3628 10537  
3626 10534 3626 10533 3622 10534 3616 10533  
3611 10534 3607 10534 3605 10535 3604 10537  
3605 10539 3607 10540 3614 10542  
 

 
 
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