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WGUS85 KABQ 061930
FLSABQ
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
130 PM MDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
MEXICO...
VERMEJO RIVER ABOVE DAWSON 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 WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 900 AM MDT.
NMC007-071500-
/O.EXT.KABQ.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-250507T1500Z/
/DAWN5.1.ER.250507T0800Z.250507T1200Z.250507T1336Z.NO/
130 PM MDT TUE MAY 6 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...VERMEJO RIVER ABOVE DAWSON.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET THE VERMEJO RIVER WILL OVERFLOW ITS BANKS
AND FLOOD LOW LYING LAND NEARBY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:45 PM MDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 9.4 FEET TOMORROW
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
9.4 FEET ON 07/25/1977.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (12 PM MDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI
VERMEJO RIVER
DAWSON 9.0 4.4 TUE 12 PM 7.9 3.5 3.3
LAT...LON 3689 10493 3668 10473 3650 10454 3648 10462
3668 10486 3688 10500
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