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WGUS75 KABQ 222108
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
308 PM MDT SAT AUG 22 2026
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SAN MIGUEL NM-
308 PM MDT SAT AUG 22 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN SCAR
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY...
AT 308 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN OVER THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.75
AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE GALLINAS CREEK WATERSHED
NORTHWEST OF EL PORVENIR AND GALLINAS AND UPPER TECOLOTE CREEK
WATERSHED NORTHWEST OF MINERAL HILL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP
TO 0.5 INCHES 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, TIERRA MONTE, MONTEZUMA, SAPELLO, GALLINAS, ROCIADA,
MINERAL HILL, MANUELITAS AND SAN GERONIMO.
THIS INCLUDES STATE ROAD 518 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 16.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES BLUE HAVEN YOUTH CAMP AND SEBASTIAN CANYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS AND DITCHES IN
THE HERMITS PEAK AND CALF CANYON BURN SCAR. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY
BE WASHED AWAY IN PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS, CLIMB TO
SAFETY.
DO NOT CAMP ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS. REMAIN ALERT WHEN HIKING IN
STEEP, NARROW CANYONS. KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO LOW SPOTS AND
DRAINAGES.
LAT...LON 3587 10554 3587 10535 3584 10524 3584 10523
3583 10522 3579 10522 3575 10523 3573 10525
3568 10524 3563 10526 3560 10526 3556 10540
3555 10542 3555 10545 3559 10545 3568 10550
3572 10555 3580 10560 3586 10557
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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