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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1226 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 330 PM MDT.
* AT 1226 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR WITH MORE THAN AN INCH THAT FELL YESTERDAY,
LEADING TO SATURATED SOILS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP 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...
PREWITT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SAWYER CREEK, MILPITAS, CAñADA, MARCELINA, CAñADA AND SAN JOSE,
RIO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ARROYOS, STREAMS, AND NORMALLY DRY RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER
CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. WATER IN ARROYOS CAN TRAVEL MANY
MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.
LAT...LON 3531 10815 3533 10820 3560 10805 3562 10795
3554 10785 3531 10798
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
SHOEMAKE
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