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WGUS85 KABQ 022240  
FLSABQ  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
440 PM MDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
 
NMC003-030130-  
/O.NEW.KABQ.FA.Y.0129.260802T2240Z-260803T0130Z/  
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
CATRON NM-  
440 PM MDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
   
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE  
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...EAST CENTRAL CATRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 730 PM MDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  
RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. DANGEROUS FLOWS  
OVER LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. WATER OVER ROADWAYS. OVERFLOWING POOR  
DRAINAGE AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 435 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO  
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.  
UP TO 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER  
THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLASH FLOODING TO DEVELOP.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
DATIL.  
- HAZARDOUS WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED IN WHITE HOUSE CANYON, FLYING  
V DRAW, AND Z SLASH DRAW. HIGHWAY 60 WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH THE  
SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND  
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3425 10803 3417 10805 3409 10805 3412 10802  
3414 10795 3413 10783 3410 10773 3413 10773  
3416 10781 3428 10790 3429 10798 3427 10800  
 

 
 
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