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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
311 PM MDT FRI SEP 25 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
SOUTHWESTERN VALENCIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 715 PM MDT.
* AT 311 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 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...
BERNARDO, LA JOYA, WALKING SANDS REST AREA, AND SEVILLETA NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 165 AND 175.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY OR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER
CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
ARROYOS, STREAMS, AND NORMALLY DRY RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER
CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. WATER IN ARROYOS CAN TRAVEL MANY
MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.
LAT...LON 3458 10720 3470 10684 3462 10680 3452 10686
3439 10682 3427 10683 3427 10691 3430 10697
3430 10709 3436 10723 3441 10736 3456 10726
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
SHOEMAKE
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