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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
623 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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MCKINLEY NM-
623 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MCKINLEY COUNTY...
AT 623 PM MDT, ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS TEMPORARILY STOPPED, ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. UP
TO 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN
OBSERVED WITH A CONTINUED RISK INTO THE MID EVENING.
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.
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. WATER IN ARROYOS CAN TRAVEL MANY
MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.
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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