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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
409 PM MDT SUN AUG 2 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE SACATON AND HUMMINGBIRD BURN SCARS IN...
SOUTH CENTRAL CATRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 715 PM MDT.
* AT 409 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SACATON AND HUMMINGBIRD BURN SCARS. UP TO 1
INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.75
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL IMPACT WILLOW CREEK AND
GILITA CREEK. THIS INCLUDES WILLOW CREEK ROAD INCLUDING THE BEN LILLY
AND WILLOW CREEK CAMPGROUNDS AND ANY OTHER RESIDENCES IN THIS AREA.
BURSUM ROAD NEAR THE WILLOW CREEK CAMPGROUND MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED.
MIDDLE FORK TRAIL NUMBER 157 AND IRON CREEK TRAIL NUMBER 172 WILL BE
ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. 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 SACATON AND HUMMINGBIRD
BURN SCARS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE
SACATON AND HUMMINGBIRD BURN SCARS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL CATRON COUNTY.
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 SACATON AND HUMMINGBIRD 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 3341 10859 3342 10856 3342 10849 3341 10847
3338 10846 3338 10852 3337 10857 3336 10857
3333 10855 3332 10857 3332 10860 3326 10865
3325 10869 3328 10870 3332 10868 3337 10865
3338 10864 3339 10864
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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