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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
734 PM MDT THU AUG 20 2026
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BERNALILLO NM-
734 PM MDT THU AUG 20 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR BERNALILLO COUNTY...
AT 734 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED. 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...
NORTHEASTERN ALBUQUERQUE, SANDIA HEIGHTS AND CARNUEL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 160 AND 173. INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 228 AND 233.
THIS WARNING IS PRIMARILY FOR THE ARROYOS AND DIVERSION CHANNELS
WITHIN THE AFFECTED AREA DUE TO THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN RAPIDLY
FLOWING WATER. PLEASE AVOID ARROYOS, DIVERSION CHANNELS AND ANY OTHER
AREAS THAT ARE FLOODED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ARROYOS, STREAMS, AND NORMALLY DRY RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER
CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. WATER IN ARROYOS CAN TRAVEL MANY
MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.
LAT...LON 3520 10659 3510 10663 3502 10647 3505 10640
3519 10643
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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