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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
1023 PM MDT THU SEP 24 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS EXTENDED THE  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
NORTHEASTERN CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...  
 
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT.  
 
* AT 1023 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN  
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH 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...  
ELKINS.  
 
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 192.  
 
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.  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3338 10410 3373 10413 3408 10401 3408 10384  
3403 10384 3382 10391 3370 10388 3338 10388  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 
 
 
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