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WGUS45 KABQ 250554
FLWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1154 PM MDT THU SEP 24 2026
NMC005-041-250930-
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CHAVES NM-ROOSEVELT NM-
1154 PM MDT THU SEP 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM MDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
CENTRAL 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. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE. 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 1152 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 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...
ROSWELL, PORTALES, DEXTER, HAGERMAN, DORA, ELKINS, BOTTOMLESS
LAKES STATE PARK, BITTER LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE, PEP AND ARCH.
- HIGH AND FAST FLOWS ARE EXPECTED IN THE RIO HONDO. STAY AWAY FROM
RIVER BANKS.
- 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 3337 10488 3382 10422 3408 10401 3408 10384
3382 10391 3370 10388 3368 10371 3395 10361
3399 10365 3424 10337 3423 10313 3430 10304
3423 10305 3357 10352 3357 10372 3340 10372
3297 10425 3297 10484 3314 10490
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