797  
WGUS85 KABQ 221729  
FLSABQ  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
1129 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...  
 
ANIMAS RIVER NEAR CEDAR HILL AFFECTING SAN JUAN COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY, TURN AROUND AND FIND AN  
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.  
 
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON MDT.  
 
 
 
NMC045-231800-  
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1129 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026  
   
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO SATURDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...ANIMAS RIVER NEAR CEDAR HILL.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO SATURDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 9.5 FEET, MINOR OVERBANK FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS ALONG  
THE RIVER FROM THE NEW MEXICO-COLORADO BORDER DOWN TO THE RIVERWALK  
IN FARMINGTON CAN BE EXPECTED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 11:00 AM MDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.5 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 9.8 FEET  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
- ACTION STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3700 10784 3691 10782 3671 10817 3673 10822  
3694 10791 3700 10788  
 
 
 
ANM  
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