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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
224 PM MDT SAT AUG 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN SCAR IN...
NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 530 PM MDT.
* AT 224 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF
CANYON BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. THE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. 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...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF
CANYON BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE
HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
EL PORVENIR, MONTEZUMA, SAPELLO, TIERRA MONTE, GALLINAS,
MANUELITAS, MINERAL HILL, ROCIADA AND SAN GERONIMO.
THIS INCLUDES STATE ROAD 518 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 16.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES BLUE HAVEN YOUTH CAMP AND SEBASTIAN CANYON.
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 HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON 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 3587 10535 3584 10524 3584 10523 3583 10522
3579 10522 3575 10523 3573 10525 3568 10524
3563 10526 3560 10526 3556 10540 3555 10542
3555 10545 3559 10545 3565 10547 3567 10546
3568 10544 3571 10543 3587 10546
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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