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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
944 PM MDT MON MAY 5 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
MEXICO...
CIMARRON RIVER ABOVE CIMARRON AFFECTING COLFAX COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TUESDAY MORNING AT 1045 AM MDT.
NMC007-061645-
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944 PM MDT MON MAY 5 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CIMARRON RIVER ABOVE CIMARRON.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 5.0 FEET, THE CIMARRON RIVER FROM NEAR UTE PARK TO
JUST WEST OF CIMARRON IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND MINOR FLOODING IS
OCCURING ALONG THIS REACH. FURTHER UPSTREAM IN CIMARRON CANYON,
WATER MAY BE FLOWING ACROSS U.S. HIGHWAY 64 AND FLOODING
CAMPGROUNDS IN THE CANYON. FURTHER RIVER RISES IN THE CANYON COULD
RENDER THE HIGHWAY IMPASSABLE. FURTHER DOWNRIVER FROM CIMARRON TO
THE PHILMONT BOY SCOUT RANCH, ADDITIONAL FLOW CONTRIBUTED BY
RAYADO CREEK COULD FLOOD CAMPSITES ON THE PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 PM MDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 4.2 FEET JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL TO 3.4 FEET EARLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 5.2 FEET WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
5.2 FEET ON 08/20/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (12 AM MDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI
CIMARRON RIVER
CIMARRON 5.0 3.2 MON 8 PM 4.4 3.0 1.8
LAT...LON 3654 10524 3658 10507 3649 10485 3645 10483
3653 10506 3651 10524
GUYER
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