358  
WGUS55 KABQ 162115  
FFWABQ  
NMC007-170015-  
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
315 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...  
 
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT.  
 
* AT 315 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEAR STATIONARY  
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST COLFAX  
COUNTY. 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...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,  
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR  
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
VERMEJO PARK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND  
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND  
DON'T DROWN!  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3693 10508 3686 10514 3681 10512 3680 10494  
3675 10482 3676 10482 3691 10489 3695 10499  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
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