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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
531 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2025
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SAN MIGUEL NM-
531 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN
SCAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY...
AT 531 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN COMING TO AN END
OVER THE SOUTHERN HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN SCAR. UP TO 1.9
INCHES OF RAIN FELL SINCE AROUND 3 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY
ONGOING IN SPOTS.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL IMPACT THE SAPELLO RIVER,
BEAVER CREEK, AND THE GALLINAS RIVER. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF
ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND THE
HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...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 AND GALLINAS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
STATE ROAD 94 NEAR MILE MARKER 1.
STATE ROAD 518 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 12.
STATE ROAD 266 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 6.
STATE ROAD 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.
THE BEAVER CREEK GAGE NEAR GALLINAS MEASURED 1.52 INCHES OF RAIN
BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM TODAY. THE GALLINAS CREEK GAGE AT GALLINAS
MEASURED 0.87 OF AN INCH OF RAIN. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES
INDICATE THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL JUST 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.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3578 10523 3577 10519 3575 10520 3573 10525
3568 10524 3564 10525 3561 10524 3563 10536
3570 10553 3572 10556 3576 10556 3580 10553
3583 10546 3579 10532
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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