457  
WGUS75 KABQ 222236  
FFSABQ  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
436 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026  
 
NMC006-031-230130-  
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
CIBOLA NM-MCKINLEY NM-  
436 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT THIS  
EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CIBOLA AND CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTIES...  
 
AT 436 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY  
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.75 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE  
WARNED AREA. A HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES.  
 
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...  
GRANTS, MILAN AND SAN RAFAEL IN CIBOLA COUNTY.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 88.  
 
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.  
 
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW  
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3545 10790 3530 10799 3507 10802 3503 10779  
3531 10773 3543 10773  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 
 
 
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