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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
814 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE BLUE 2, SOUTH FORK AND MCBRIDE BURN SCARS IN...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT.
* AT 814 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE BLUE 2, SOUTH FORK AND MCBRIDE BURN SCARS.
BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED
RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. 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 EAGLE CREEK,
CEDAR CREEK AND RIO RUIDOSO DRAINAGES AND POTENTIALLY DOWNSTREAM
ALONG THE RIO HONDO. IMPACTS WILL INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALL
NEARBY RESERVOIRS, BRIDGES, CULVERTS AND ROADWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH
THESE DRAINAGES, ESPECIALLY AT THOSE POINTS WHERE STREAMS MERGE.
VULNERABLE PROPERTIES IN LOW LYING AREAS ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE BLUE 2,
SOUTH FORK AND MCBRIDE BURN SCARS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE BLUE 2, SOUTH FORK AND MCBRIDE BURN SCARS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
RUIDOSO, LINCOLN, RUIDOSO DOWNS, FORT STANTON, GLENCOE, ALTO,
LINCOLN STATE MONUMENT, SAN PATRICIO, BONITO LAKE AND HONDO.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 107.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS AND DITCHES
IN THE BLUE 2, SOUTH FORK AND MCBRIDE BURN SCARS. 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 3346 10564 3348 10557 3354 10545 3350 10536
3339 10522 3336 10513 3334 10513 3336 10525
3341 10538 3340 10542 3331 10558 3331 10573
3339 10573 3339 10578 3340 10578 3341 10580
3344 10581 3348 10580 3348 10574
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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