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WGUS75 KABQ 222005
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
205 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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MCKINLEY NM-
205 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY...
AT 205 PM MDT, ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS TEMPORARILY MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES EARLIER RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 2
INCHES SINCE YESTERDAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP A HIGH RISK OF
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
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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