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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
952 AM MDT WED SEP 30 2026
NMC005-027-302145-
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CHAVES NM-LINCOLN NM-
952 AM MDT WED SEP 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 345 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED
WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 950 AM MDT, NEW MEXICO DOT REPORTED NM HIGHWAY 246 IS
INUNDATED WITH WATER AND IS IMPASSABLE BETWEEN MILE MARKER 9 AND
73. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
- HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS WILL LEAD TO
INUNDATION OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ARABELA.
- THIS INCLUDES NM HIGHWAY 246 WEST OF ROSWELL AND NM HIGHWAY 368.
- 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 AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3365 10545 3369 10547 3374 10534 3369 10494
3349 10465 3342 10466 3338 10511 3341 10525
3364 10523 3368 10530
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