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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
730 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2025
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BERNALILLO NM-
730 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR BERNALILLO COUNTY...
AT 730 PM MDT, ALTHOUGH DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL HAS
DECREASED IN INTENSITY, HOWEVER, BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN FROM THE EARLIER STORMS, KEEPING FAST FLOWS IN AREA
ARROYOS, DIVERSION CHANNELS, AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
SOUTHEASTERN ALBUQUERQUE, SOUTH VALLEY AND ISLETA PUEBLO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 165.
INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 209 AND 224.
THIS WARNING IS PRIMARILY FOR THE ARROYOS AND DIVERSION CHANNELS
WITHIN THE AFFECTED AREA DUE TO THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN RAPIDLY
FLOWING WATER. PLEASE AVOID ARROYOS, DIVERSION CHANNELS AND ANY
OTHER AREAS THAT ARE FLOODED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ARROYOS, STREAMS, AND NORMALLY DRY RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER
CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. WATER IN ARROYOS CAN TRAVEL MANY
MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP A PERSON AWAY!
LAT...LON 3489 10670 3489 10673 3500 10670 3512 10661
3509 10655 3507 10650 3500 10654 3499 10662
3491 10666 3491 10669 3490 10670
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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