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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
458 PM MDT SUN AUG 2 2026
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CATRON NM-
458 PM MDT SUN AUG 2 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SACATON AND HUMMINGBIRD BURN SCARS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
CATRON COUNTY...
AT 458 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS EXITED THE
SACATON AND HUMMINGBIRD BURN SCARS. UP TO 1.3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.
FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ONGOING.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL IMPACT WILLOW CREEK AND
GILITA CREEK. THIS INCLUDES WILLOW CREEK ROAD INCLUDING THE BEN LILLY
AND WILLOW CREEK CAMPGROUNDS AND ANY OTHER RESIDENCES IN THIS AREA.
BURSUM ROAD NEAR THE WILLOW CREEK CAMPGROUND MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED.
MIDDLE FORK TRAIL NUMBER 157 AND IRON CREEK TRAIL NUMBER 172 WILL BE
ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD,
VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE SACATON AND HUMMINGBIRD
BURN SCARS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE
SACATON AND HUMMINGBIRD BURN SCARS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL CATRON COUNTY.
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 SACATON AND HUMMINGBIRD BURN SCARS. 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 3339 10864 3341 10859 3342 10856 3342 10849
3341 10847 3338 10846 3338 10852 3337 10857
3336 10857 3333 10855 3332 10857 3332 10860
3326 10865 3325 10869 3328 10870 3332 10868
3337 10865 3338 10864
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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