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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
444 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHEASTERN CATRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 1045 PM MDT TUESDAY.
* AT 444 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA WHERE SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED DUE TO EARLIER RAINFALL.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 6 PM MDT. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
DATIL AND PIETOWN.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 81.
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 3419 10772 3395 10787 3394 10801 3406 10817
3430 10814 3444 10804 3450 10783 3449 10759
3434 10762
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
SHOEMAKE
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