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WGUS45 KABQ 230041
FLWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
641 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...
ANIMAS RIVER AT FARMINGTON 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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/ARFN5.1.ER.261023T1354Z.261024T0400Z.261024T1528Z.NO/
641 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ANIMAS RIVER AT FARMINGTON.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, PORTIONS OF THE RIVERWALK IN FARMINGTON ARE
FLOODED. LOCAL OVERBANK FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE LOWER
ANIMAS RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:30 PM MDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 11.0 FEET LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 11.0
FEET ON 05/14/1941.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (6 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
ANIMAS RIVER
FARMINGTON 10.0 8.5 THU 5 PM 10.7 8.8 7.7
LAT...LON 3700 10786 3691 10784 3671 10819 3672 10822
3694 10791 3700 10787
GUYER
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