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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
355 PM MDT SAT SEP 30 2023
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SAN MIGUEL NM-
355 PM MDT SAT SEP 30 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN
SCAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY...
AT 355 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN OVER THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN SCAR NEAR SAN
IGNACIO AND EL PORVENIR. BETWEEN 0.75 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 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 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, MONTEZUMA, TIERRA MONTE, SAPELLO, GALLINAS, ROCIADA,
MINERAL HILL, MANUELITAS AND SAN GERONIMO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
STATE ROAD 94 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 9.
STATE ROAD 518 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 16.
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 6.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE HERMIT'S PEAK CALF
CANYON FIRE BURN AREA.
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 3563 10525 3561 10524 3556 10539 3553 10545
3554 10551 3570 10553 3572 10556 3578 10557
3587 10558 3587 10535 3583 10522 3583 10520
3579 10518 3575 10520 3573 10525 3568 10524
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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