014  
WGUS65 KABQ 181818  
FFAABQ  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
1218 PM MDT FRI JUL 18 2025  
 
NMZ226-190000-  
/O.EXT.KABQ.FA.A.0027.000000T0000Z-250719T0000Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-  
1218 PM MDT FRI JUL 18 2025  
   
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
AREA, SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR  
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE  
FLOODED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND  
RAINFALL INTENSITY IN THE RUIDOSO AREA THROUGH EARLY AND MID  
AFTERNOON, WHEN THERE WILL BE THE GREATEST RISK OF FLASH  
FLOODING. HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS NOW DEPICT STORM COVERAGE  
DECREASING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON, WITH FEWER AND WEAKER  
STORMS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE IS ENOUGH MOISTURE  
IN THE ATMOSPHERE FOR A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS TO PRODUCE  
RAIN AT RATES NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR THIS AFTERNOON. BURN  
SCARS AND LOCATIONS WITH SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT HEAVY  
RAINS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO RAPID RUNOFF AND  
FLASH FLOODING.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION  
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.  
 
 
 
 
 
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