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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
329 AM MDT FRI SEP 25 2026
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CHAVES NM-CURRY NM-LINCOLN NM-ROOSEVELT NM-
329 AM MDT FRI SEP 25 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM MDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
SOUTHERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 930 AM MDT FRIDAY.
* 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 324 AM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN
THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROSWELL, CLOVIS, PORTALES, DEXTER, HAGERMAN, TEXICO, MELROSE,
ELIDA, DORA AND ELKINS.
- 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 3315 10532 3330 10493 3382 10421 3408 10403
3408 10395 3420 10395 3431 10387 3452 10357
3473 10304 3422 10304 3359 10344 3357 10372
3340 10372 3297 10424 3296 10484 3252 10484
3252 10535
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