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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
642 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 945 PM MDT.
* AT 642 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY, INCLDUING NEW MEXICO ROADS
402 AND 562. THE MAIN DRAINAGES AND CREEKS AFFECTED ARE PINABETES
CREEK, CARIZO CREEK, MOSCOW CREEK, AND TRAMPEROS CREEK. BETWEEN
0.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 0.5 TO 1.5 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 EAST CENTRAL UNION COUNTY.
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 3635 10346 3627 10350 3616 10346 3607 10331
3606 10317 3619 10316 3641 10312 3641 10319
3636 10320 3634 10326 3633 10339 3634 10344
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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