229  
WGUS55 KABQ 230030  
FFWABQ  
NMC043-230630-  
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0220.261023T0030Z-261023T0630Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
630 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 1230 AM MDT.  
 
* AT 630 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1.75 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...  
AREAS ALONG NEW MEXICO STATE ROUTE 4 SUCH AS JEMEZ SPRINGS, JEMEZ  
STATE MONUMENT, FENTON LAKE STATE PARK, JEMEZ PUEBLO, CANON AND  
PONDEROSA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
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 3593 10674 3592 10681 3576 10683 3561 10673  
3561 10668 3583 10656 3591 10660  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
SHOEMAKE  
 
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