004  
WGUS45 KABQ 231827  
FLWABQ  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
1227 PM MDT WED SEP 23 2026  
 
NMC005-241830-  
/O.NEW.KABQ.FA.W.0006.260923T1827Z-260924T1830Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
CHAVES NM-  
1227 PM MDT WED SEP 23 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM MDT THURSDAY  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 1230 PM MDT THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. EXPECT MANY  
AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1226 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO  
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING WITHIN AND ALONG THE  
RIO PENASCO IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.75 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN  
HAVE FALLEN.  
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN  
THE WARNED AREA.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
DUNKEN AND ELK.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3297 10532 3297 10526 3288 10512 3288 10506  
3286 10498 3285 10492 3283 10484 3278 10484  
3278 10493 3279 10504 3280 10511 3281 10520  
3281 10525 3279 10535 3296 10535 3296 10532  
 
 
 
MA  
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