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WGUS85 KABQ 130249
FLSABQ
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
849 PM MDT SAT SEP 12 2026
NMC003-006-130500-
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CATRON NM-CIBOLA NM-
849 PM MDT SAT SEP 12 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...NORTH CENTRAL CATRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
SOUTH CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 846 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.
BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL CATRON AND SOUTH CENTRAL
CIBOLA COUNTIES.
- MINOR FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 117 BETWEEN EL
MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT AND HIGHWAY 36.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3458 10833 3476 10851 3487 10860 3491 10856
3492 10852 3491 10846 3484 10829 3481 10819
3476 10814 3468 10814 3450 10809 3443 10817
3450 10826
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