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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1259 AM MDT MON OCT 2 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN SCAR IN...
SOUTHWESTERN MORA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 400 AM MDT.
* AT 1259 AM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF
CANYON BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED FROM JUST NORTH OF EL
PORVENIR TOWARD TIERRA MONTE AND THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE BURN
SCAR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL IMPACT THE TECOLOTE CREEK
AND GALLINAS RIVER DRAINAGE AREAS. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF
ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE HERMITS
PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
EL PORVENIR, TIERRA MONTE, SAPELLO, MONTEZUMA, GALLINAS, ROCIADA,
MANUELITAS, MINERAL HILL, SOUTH CARMEN AND SAN GERONIMO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
STATE ROAD 94 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 13.
STATE ROAD 518 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 24.
STATE ROAD 283 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 12...AND
NEAR MILE MARKER 14.
STATE ROAD 276 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 5.
STATE ROAD 266 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 6.
STATE ROAD 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.
STATE ROAD 105 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 7.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INITIATE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
ON THE HERMITS PEAK CALF CANYON BURN SCAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT CAMP ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS. REMAIN ALERT WHEN HIKING IN
STEEP, NARROW CANYONS. KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO LOW SPOTS AND
DRAINAGES.
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS AND DITCHES
IN THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS
CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE
WASHED AWAY IN PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS, CLIMB TO
SAFETY.
LAT...LON 3587 10558 3587 10546 3594 10528 3591 10522
3583 10521 3583 10520 3579 10518 3575 10520
3573 10525 3568 10524 3563 10525 3561 10524
3556 10539 3553 10545 3554 10551 3570 10553
3572 10556 3578 10557
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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