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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
118 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 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 415 PM MDT.
* AT 118 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN
SCAR WEST OF EL PORVENIR AND NORTHWEST OF MINERAL HILL. BETWEEN 1
AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
0.5 TO 1 INCH 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 INDICATED.
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, GALLINAS AND MINERAL HILL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING RECREATION AREAS...
E.V. LONG CAMPGROUND AND EL PORVENIR CAMPGROUND.
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 3580 10552 3572 10555 3568 10552 3559 10540
3560 10539 3565 10541 3564 10532 3566 10531
3582 10545
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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