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WGUS45 KABQ 250342
FLWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
942 PM MDT THU SEP 24 2026
NMC005-009-011-041-250930-
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CHAVES NM-CURRY NM-DE BACA NM-ROOSEVELT NM-
942 PM MDT THU SEP 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM MDT FRIDAY
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
EASTERN DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHEASTERN CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 330 AM MDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR
STANDING WATER. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM
THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 942 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY
IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLOVIS, TEXICO, MELROSE, ELIDA, OASIS STATE PARK, SAINT VRAIN,
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, RANCHVALE, KENNA AND FLOYD.
- THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 361 AND 397.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3408 10399 3431 10386 3450 10356 3464 10322
3472 10304 3430 10304 3423 10313 3424 10337
3399 10365 3395 10361 3368 10371 3370 10388
3382 10391 3403 10384 3408 10384
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