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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
100 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE MCBRIDE BURN SCAR IN...
SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 400 PM MDT.
* AT 100 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE MCBRIDE BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL IMPACT GAVILAN CANYON
ROAD PARTICULARLY NEAR THE SOUTH END OF GAVILAN CANYON ROAD NEAR THE
JUNCTION WITH MEANDER, HOMESTEAD LOOP AND DOWNSTREAM TO 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 MCBRIDE
BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE MCBRIDE BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
RUIDOSO, RUIDOSO DOWNS 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 MCBRIDE 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 3334 10561 3333 10560 3333 10561 3332 10563
3333 10565 3336 10565 3338 10564 3338 10565
3339 10564 3339 10563 3338 10562 3337 10562
3337 10561
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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