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WGUS75 KABQ 220041
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
641 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2025
NMC028-039-043-049-220115-
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LOS ALAMOS NM-RIO ARRIBA NM-SANDOVAL NM-SANTA FE NM-
641 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR LOS ALAMOS, SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA, EAST CENTRAL
SANDOVAL AND NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTIES...
AT 641 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN FELL JUST ABOVE LOS ALAMOS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
AROUND 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE CREEKS ABOVE SANTA CLARA
PUEBLO. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ONGOING THROUGH THE CANYONS AROUND
LOS ALAMOS AND SANTA CLARA PUEBLO.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
LOS ALAMOS, WHITE ROCK, SANTA CLARA PUEBLO AND SAN ILDEFONSO
PUEBLO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING RECREATION AREAS...
PAJARITO MOUNTAIN SKI AREA.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN PAJARITO CANYON, LOS ALAMOS CANYON,
PUEBLO CANYON, RENDIJA CANYON, CANADA BONITA, GUAJE CANYON, GARCIA
CANYON, AND SANTA CLARA CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
LAT...LON 3600 10643 3601 10643 3602 10637 3604 10630
3604 10619 3600 10611 3592 10612 3590 10615
3587 10617 3585 10617 3583 10619 3581 10622
3579 10624 3580 10628 3581 10633 3582 10641
3584 10648 3590 10648 3594 10645
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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