985  
WGUS85 KABQ 161818  
FLSABQ  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
1218 PM MDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
 
NMC003-053-162115-  
/O.NEW.KABQ.FA.Y.0183.250916T1818Z-250916T2115Z/  
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
CATRON NM-SOCORRO NM-  
1218 PM MDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
   
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE  
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING  
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, WESTERN SOCORRO. IN  
WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, NORTHEASTERN CATRON.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 315 PM MDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1216 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO  
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM  
FLOODING. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED  
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR  
FLOODING.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
ALAMO.  
- LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN AND BELOW DOG SPRINGS CANYON MAY BE  
IMPACTED.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
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 3435 10775 3441 10768 3448 10767 3449 10762  
3448 10757 3440 10761 3433 10762 3431 10770  
3432 10772  
 
 
 
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