177  
WGUS75 KABQ 212017  
FFSABQ  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
217 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2025  
 
NMC033-212145-  
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MORA NM-  
217 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2025  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HERMITS PEAK CALF CANYON BURN SCAR  
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN MORA  
COUNTY...  
 
AT 217 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY  
RAIN OVER THE HERMITS PEAK CALF CANYON BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.5 AND  
1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO  
0.5 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 DRAINAGE AREAS  
FOR THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE MORA RIVER, INCLUDING COYOTE CREEK,  
SIERRA DITCH, CANONCITO CREEK, ENCINAL CREEK, AND RIO LA CASA. 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 CALF  
CANYON BURN SCAR.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND  
THE HERMITS PEAK CALF CANYON BURN SCAR.  
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
MORA, CLEVELAND, HOLMAN, LEDOUX, MORPHY LAKE STATE PARK, LA CUEVA,  
CHACON, GASCON, MONTE APLANADO AND SOUTH CARMEN.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
STATE ROAD 94 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 18.  
STATE ROAD 518 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 43.  
STATE ROAD 121 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 8.  
STATE ROAD 283 NEAR MILE MARKER 13.  
STATE ROAD 434 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 15.  
STATE ROAD 105 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 9.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE  
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS AND DITCHES  
IN THE HERMITS PEAK 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 3614 10540 3618 10529 3615 10521 3602 10522  
3592 10518 3583 10521 3587 10535 3587 10552  
3601 10551 3610 10544  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
 

 
 
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