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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
951 PM MDT THU JUL 31 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT.
* AT 951 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN EAST OF RATON, UNA DE GATO CREEK, BLACK MESA ARROYO.
BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO 0.25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
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...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 353 AND 367.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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.
LAT...LON 3687 10417 3688 10428 3686 10439 3681 10442
3678 10441 3674 10445 3669 10447 3673 10442
3675 10436 3676 10432 3676 10415 3683 10413
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
25/71
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