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WGUS55 KABQ 212229  
FFWABQ  
NMC027-220130-  
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
429 PM MDT WED OCT 21 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...  
 
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT.  
 
* AT 429 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN  
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.25 TO 0.5 INCHES ARE  
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED  
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,  
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR  
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
CAPITAN AND SMOKEY BEAR HISTORICAL PARK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 82...AND  
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 87.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS...  
CAPITAN GAP ROAD AT SALADO CREEK, DEAN DRIVE AT NORTH FORK SALADO  
CREEK, SANDIA AND DEAN DRIVE AT NORTH FORK SALADO CREEK AND SANDIA  
DRIVE AT NORTH FORK SALADO CREEK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING RECREATION AREAS...  
SMOKEY BEAR HISTORICAL PARK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3365 10563 3362 10570 3359 10569 3357 10566  
3356 10564 3356 10561 3354 10558 3354 10552  
3355 10554 3355 10558 3356 10558 3357 10560  
3360 10556 3365 10557  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
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