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WGUS75 KABQ 230051
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
651 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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CIBOLA NM-MCKINLEY NM-SANDOVAL NM-
651 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SANDOVAL, NORTHEASTERN CIBOLA AND SOUTHEASTERN
MCKINLEY COUNTIES...
AT 651 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH 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...
MARQUEZ, CEBOLLETITA, SEBOYETA, BIBO, PAGUATE AND ENCINAL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3519 10748 3544 10742 3562 10718 3553 10710
3531 10700 3522 10713 3522 10720 3518 10718
3510 10730 3512 10743
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
SHOEMAKE
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