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WGUS45 KABQ 230033
FLWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
633 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...
SAN JUAN RIVER AT SHIPROCK AFFECTING SAN JUAN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON MDT.
NMC045-231800-
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/SHRN5.1.ER.261023T0624Z.261024T1000Z.261024T2113Z.UU/
633 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SAN JUAN RIVER AT SHIPROCK.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:00 PM MDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 13.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 17.3 FEET EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 14.5
FEET ON 05/25/2005.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (6 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
SAN JUAN RIVER
SHIPROCK 15.5 14.3 THU 6 PM 16.9 14.6 10.9
LAT...LON 3675 10868 3687 10893 3698 10904 3700 10898
3679 10866
GUYER
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