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WGUS65 KABQ 221728
FFAABQ
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1128 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...
ANIMAS RIVER AT FARMINGTON AFFECTING NORTHWEST PLATEAU ZONE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING.
RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH INTERESTS NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR
RISING WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON MDT.
NMZ201-231800-
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/ARFN5.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1128 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING TO SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...ANIMAS RIVER AT FARMINGTON.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY EVENING TO SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, PORTIONS OF THE RIVERWALK IN FARMINGTON ARE
FLOODED. LOCAL OVERBANK FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE LOWER
ANIMAS RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM MDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3700 10786 3691 10784 3671 10819 3672 10822
3694 10791 3700 10787
ANM
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