247  
WGUS45 KABQ 050418  
FLWABQ  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
1018 PM MDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
NMC005-051015-  
/O.NEW.KABQ.FA.W.0001.260705T0418Z-260705T1015Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
CHAVES NM-  
1018 PM MDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM MDT SUNDAY  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 415 AM MDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND  
FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS  
ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1016 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO  
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY  
IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE  
WARNED AREA.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY.  
- LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG NEW MEXICO ROAD 249 EAST OF HAGERMAN  
MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE TONIGHT. FLOOD WATERS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO  
SEE AT NIGHT.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3328 10427 3313 10432 3311 10429 3307 10430  
3304 10428 3304 10410 3312 10400 3321 10407  
3334 10412 3335 10420 3333 10423  
 
 
 
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