032  
WGUS55 KABQ 222343  
FFWABQ  
NMC045-230545-  
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
543 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
EAST CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...  
 
* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT THURSDAY.  
 
* AT 543 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...  
NAVAJO DAM, ARCHULETA, AND TURLEY.  
 
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 86 AND THE  
ARCHULETA ARROYO.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.  
 
DO NOT CAMP ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS. REMAIN ALERT WHEN HIKING IN  
STEEP, NARROW CANYONS. KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO LOW SPOTS AND  
DRAINAGES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3670 10762 3666 10767 3664 10779 3672 10783  
3675 10783 3687 10760 3684 10758 3683 10760  
3682 10760 3681 10759 3681 10761 3680 10760  
3680 10762  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 
 
 
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