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WGUS65 KABQ 020808
FFAABQ
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
208 AM MDT MON OCT 2 2023
NMZ214-215-021800-
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SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS-
208 AM MDT MON OCT 2 2023
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES THE HERMITS
PEAK CALF CANYON BURN SCAR.
* WHEN...THROUGH 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. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS MAY BE FLOODED. STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES MAY BECOME
CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- REPEATED ROUNDS OF FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
HERMITS PEAK CALF CANYON BURN SCAR, PARTICULARLY WHERE THE
GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS, WILL BE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING
TODAY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ/EMERGENCYPREPFLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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