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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
902 PM MDT FRI SEP 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BERNALILLO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT.
* AT 902 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 INCH IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES 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...
EASTERN ALBUQUERQUE AND SANDIA HEIGHTS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 160 AND 168. INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 221 AND 230.
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 10657 3521 10649 3503 10648 3502 10664
3508 10664 3513 10662 3515 10659
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
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