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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
421 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2025
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SAN MIGUEL NM-
421 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON
BURN SCAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY...
AT 421 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN OVER THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN SCAR. UP TO 1.75
INCHES OF RAIN RECENTLY FELL OVER A LOCATION THAT RECEIVED 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN ON SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.75
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY
ONGOING.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL IMPACT MANUELITAS CREEK,
THE SAPELLO RIVER, TECOLOTE CREEK AND THE GALLINAS RIVER. 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 AND CALF
CANYON BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN SCAR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
EL PORVENIR, MONTEZUMA, SAPELLO, TIERRA MONTE, GALLINAS, MINERAL
HILL, ROCIADA, MANUELITAS AND SAN GERONIMO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
STATE ROAD 94 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 9.
STATE ROAD 518 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 16.
STATE ROAD 283 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 12...AND
NEAR MILE MARKER 14.
STATE ROAD 276 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 5.
STATE ROAD 266 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 6.
STATE ROAD 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.
STATE ROAD 105 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 6.
THE BEAVER CREEK GAGE NEAR GALLINAS MEASURED A HALF INCH OF RAIN,
WHICH FELL FROM 3 TO 4 PM. THE GALLINAS CREEK GAGE AT GALLINAS
MEASURED 0.86 OF AN INCH OF RAIN SINCE 330 PM TODAY. ACCORDING TO
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR, SIGNIFICANTLY HEAVIER RAIN FELL NORTH OF
THESE LOCATIONS.
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 AND 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 3583 10520 3579 10517 3575 10520 3573 10525
3568 10524 3564 10525 3561 10524 3556 10539
3553 10545 3554 10551 3570 10553 3572 10556
3576 10556 3580 10553 3587 10552 3587 10535
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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