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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
305 PM MDT THU JUL 31 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE SOUTH FORK BURN SCAR IN...
SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT.
* AT 305 PM MDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTH FORK BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.5
AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO
0.25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. RUIDOSO DOWNS RACETRACK HAS
BEEN OVERTOPPED, HEAVY FLOWS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 70.
WATER AND DEBRIS 2 FEET DEEP HAS PASSED OVER CREE MEADOWS DRIVE
FROM CEDAR CREEK.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL IMPACT UPPER CANYON,
BRADY CANYON, AND PERK CANYON AS WELL AS THE CEDAR CREEK, EAGLE
CREEK AND RIO RUIDOSO DRAINAGES. IMPACTS WILL INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO ALL NEARBY RESERVOIRS, BRIDGES, CULVERTS AND ROADWAYS.
IMPACTS TO AREAS ALONG THE RIO RUIDOSO MAY EXTEND DOWNSTREAM OF
RUIDOSO DOWNS. 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 SOUTH FORK
BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE SOUTH FORK BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
RUIDOSO, RUIDOSO DOWNS, ALTO, GLENCOE AND HOLLYWOOD.
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 SOUTH FORK 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 3342 10571 3342 10566 3344 10563 3340 10561
3338 10562 3339 10564 3334 10564 3333 10563
3336 10556 3338 10553 3343 10543 3341 10543
3333 10555 3331 10559 3331 10573 3339 10573
3339 10578 3341 10578
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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