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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
125 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE BLUE 2, SOUTH FORK AND MCBRIDE BURN SCARS IN...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 530 PM MDT.
* AT 125 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE BLUE 2, SOUTH FORK AND MCBRIDE BURN SCARS.
BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED
RAINFALL RATE IS 0.5 TO 1 INCH IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL IMPACT THE RIO BONITO,
EAGLE CREEK, CEDAR CREEK AND RIO RUIDOSO DRAINAGES AND POTENTIALLY
DOWNSTREAM ALONG THE RIO HONDO. IMPACTS WILL INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO ALL NEARBY RESERVOIRS, BRIDGES, CULVERTS AND ROADWAYS
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DRAINAGES, ESPECIALLY AT THOSE POINTS WHERE
STREAMS MERGE. VULNERABLE PROPERTIES IN LOW LYING AREAS ARE
ESPECIALLY AT RISK. 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 BLUE 2,
SOUTH FORK AND MCBRIDE BURN SCARS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE BLUE 2, SOUTH FORK AND MCBRIDE BURN SCARS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
RUIDOSO, RUIDOSO DOWNS, GLENCOE, ALTO, BONITO LAKE, SAN PATRICIO,
HONDO, TINNIE AND HOLLYWOOD.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 104 AND 107.
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 BLUE 2, SOUTH FORK AND MCBRIDE BURN SCARS. 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 3348 10574 3346 10564 3348 10557 3345 10537
3342 10526 3339 10522 3336 10513 3334 10513
3336 10525 3341 10538 3340 10542 3331 10558
3331 10573 3339 10573 3339 10578 3340 10578
3341 10580 3344 10581 3348 10580
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
ANM
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