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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
925 AM MDT WED SEP 30 2026
NMC049-301915-
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SANTA FE NM-
925 AM MDT WED SEP 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 115 PM 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 924 AM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE AREA. FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. UP TO
0.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ON TOP OF 1 INCH OF RAIN RECEIVED
OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. THIS WILL EXACERBATE ARROYO AND STREAM FLOODING THAT
WAS OBSERVED ON THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDE OF SANTA FE YESTERDAY.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SANTA FE, ELDORADO AT SANTA FE, LA CIENEGA, CERRILLOS HILLS STATE
PARK, LOS CERRILLOS, LAMY, GALISTEO, CANADA DE LOS ALAMOS AND
AGUA FRIA.
- LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG THE SANTA FE RIVER, ARROYO HONDO AND
GALISTEO CREEK MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO RUNOFF AND IMPACTS
FROM RAINFALL YESTERDAY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3542 10611 3537 10602 3541 10592 3552 10582
3564 10589 3570 10595 3567 10611 3555 10622
3546 10620
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