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WGUS85 KABQ 221731
FLSABQ
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1131 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...
SAN JUAN RIVER AT FARMINGTON 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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1131 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SAN JUAN RIVER AT FARMINGTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.5 FEET, OVERBANK FLOW IS OCCURRING FROM JUST BELOW
THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVERS AT FARMINGTON, AND
CONTINUING DOWNRIVER THROUGH SHIPROCK. AT THIS WATER LEVEL, THE
FAST FLOW CAN RESULT IN RIVER BANK EROSION BUT OTHERWISE MINOR
FLOOD DAMAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM MDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 7.2 FEET
LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
- ACTION STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3668 10781 3666 10808 3675 10868 3679 10866
3672 10783
ANM
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