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FLWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
312 PM MDT WED SEP 30 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...
GALISTEO CREEK NEAR GALISTEO DAM AFFECTING SANDOVAL AND SANTA FE
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 315 AM MDT.
NMC043-049-010915-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FL.W.0006.260930T2329Z-261001T2000Z/
/RGCN5.1.ER.260930T2329Z.261001T0000Z.261001T0748Z.NR/
312 PM MDT WED SEP 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF
RECORD.
* WHERE...GALISTEO CREEK NEAR GALISTEO DAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:45 PM MDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 9.6 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 11.6
FEET ON 09/16/2013.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3547 10621 3545 10620 3549 10626 3551 10638
3553 10636 3551 10626
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