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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
426 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MCKINLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 830 PM MDT.
* AT 426 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.75 AND 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.75
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...
GALLUP, ZUNI PUEBLO, VANDERWAGEN, BLACK ROCK, CHURCH ROCK, ROCK
SPRINGS, YAH-TA-HEY, RED ROCK STATE PARK, CHI CHIL TAH AND ALLISON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 34 AND NEW
MEXICO STATE ROUTE 602.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY
DRY ARROYOS AND STREAMBEDS, LOW WATER CROSSINGS, INTERSECTIONS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
LAT...LON 3566 10887 3564 10849 3496 10871 3496 10898
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
SHOEMAKE
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