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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
607 PM MDT WED AUG 19 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE HERMITS PEAK CALF CANYON BURN SCAR IN...
NORTHWESTERN MORA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 800 PM MDT.
* AT 607 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE HERMITS
PEAK CALF CANYON BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.25 TO 0.75 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.25 TO 0.75 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS AS SHOWERS
MOVE INTO THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD LIMIT RUNOFF AND
ALLOW FLOODING TO PERSIST.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL IMPACT THE MORA RIVER. THE
DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE
MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE HERMITS PEAK CALF CANYON
BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE
HERMITS PEAK CALF CANYON BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MORA, HOLMAN, CLEVELAND, CHACON, EL TURQUILLO, LUCEROS AND
GUADALUPITA.
THIS INCLUDES STATE ROAD 518 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 41.
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 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 3608 10544 3616 10540 3617 10532 3614 10522
3602 10521 3596 10525 3597 10538 3600 10543
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.25-0.75 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
OVERPECK
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