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WGUS45 KABQ 302218
FLWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
418 PM MDT WED SEP 30 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...
RIO CHAMA BELOW CHAMITA AFFECTING RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING AT 700 AM MDT.
NMC039-011300-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FL.W.0007.260930T2218Z-261001T1300Z/
/CMTN5.1.ER.260930T2152Z.261001T0000Z.261001T0048Z.NO/
418 PM MDT WED SEP 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RIO CHAMA BELOW CHAMITA.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, PROPERTIES IN THE FLOOD PLAIN ALONG THE RIO
CHAMA AND NEAR THE JUNCTION OF THE RIO OJO CALIENTE WILL SEE WATER
IN THEIR YARDS. IMPACTS CAN INCLUDE BANK EROSION AND DAMAGE TO
WELLS AND SEPTIC TANKS. THESE IMPACTS WILL INCREASE IN SEVERITY AT
HIGHER RIVER LEVELS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 PM MDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 4:00 PM MDT WEDNESDAY WAS 6.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 6.2 FEET
THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 6.1
FEET ON 07/26/2001.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3608 10615 3610 10611 3606 10607 3603 10610
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