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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
558 AM MDT TUE MAY 6 2025
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CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
558 AM MDT TUE MAY 6 2025
..FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND
GUADALUPE COUNTY.
WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT.
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SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA
COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-
558 AM MDT TUE MAY 6 2025
..FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THIS INCLUDES EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY, THE
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS, CURRY COUNTY, DE BACA COUNTY, ROOSEVELT
COUNTY. AND THE CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS.
THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT HAS ENDED. THEREFORE, THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING.
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EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS
INCLUDING RATON PASS-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
558 AM MDT TUE MAY 6 2025
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, AND NORTHEAST NEW
MEXICO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO,
QUAY COUNTY. IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS. IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO, EASTERN SAN MIGUEL
COUNTY, FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS, HARDING COUNTY, JOHNSON AND
BARTLETT MESAS INCLUDING RATON PASS, NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND UNION
COUNTY.
* WHEN...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
* 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...
- MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED, THOUGH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
AFTER RECENT RAINFALL, THE POTENTIAL FOR RUNOFF WITH INCREASE
DUE TO WETTER SOILS.
- 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.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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