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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
209 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE SALT BURN SCAR IN...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 515 PM MDT.
* AT 209 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SALT BURN SCAR.
BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.25 TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL IMPACT FENCE CANYON, SNOW
CANYON, BEAR CANYON AND TURKEY SPRING CANYON AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 70
AND THE RIO RUIDOSO THROUGH RUIDOSO DOWNS. IMPACTS MAY ALSO OCCUR
DOWNSTREAM OF RUIDOSO DOWNS ALONG THE RIO RUIDOSO. 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 SALT BURN
SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE SALT BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
RUIDOSO, RUIDOSO DOWNS, GLENCOE, SAN PATRICIO, HONDO, TINNIE AND
HOLLYWOOD.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 380 NEAR MILE MARKER 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 SALT 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 3343 10545 3343 10539 3337 10513 3334 10513
3336 10525 3341 10538 3340 10542 3331 10558
3331 10565 3333 10563
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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