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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
602 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CIBOLA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 1130 PM MDT.
* AT 602 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. 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...
ACOMA PUEBLO, SKYLINE-GANIPA, SAN FIDEL, CUBERO, NEW LAGUNA,
ACOMITA, ACOMITA LAKE, SEAMA, NORTH ACOMITA VILLAGE AND PARAJE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 112.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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. TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN. 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 3470 10788 3459 10772 3471 10759 3500 10741
3512 10736 3518 10752 3495 10773
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
SHOEMAKE
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