453  
WGUS55 KABQ 222312  
FFWABQ  
NMC043-230515-  
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0217.261022T2312Z-261023T0515Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
512 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...  
 
* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT THURSDAY.  
 
* AT 512 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 1 INCH 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...  
CUBA.  
 
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 550 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 73.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
IN HILLY OR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER  
CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT  
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3600 10685 3556 10688 3553 10710 3562 10718  
3607 10707 3607 10697 3602 10689 3600 10689  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 
 
 
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