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WGUS65 KABQ 311826
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1226 PM MDT FRI JUL 31 2026
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SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
1226 PM MDT FRI JUL 31 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREA, SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS ON AND DOWNSTREAM OF BURN SCARS MAY RISE OUT OF
THEIR BANKS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- HIGHER MOISTURE BEHIND A BACKDOOR FRONT WILL RESULT IN A GREATER
COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SACRAMENTO AND
CAPITAN MOUNTAINS MIDDAY SATURDAY. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF
2 INCHES AN HOUR RESULTING IN A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING ON AND DOWNSTREAM OF AREA BURN SCARS. A BRIEF LULL IN
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE A SECOND ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH DURING THE MID
AND LATE EVENING HOURS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
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