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WGUS45 KABQ 230119
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
719 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...
RIO CHAMA BELOW CHAMITA AFFECTING RIO ARRIBA 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.
NMC039-231800-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FL.W.0012.261023T0234Z-261024T0600Z/
/CMTN5.1.ER.261023T0234Z.261023T0600Z.261023T1800Z.NO/
719 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RIO CHAMA BELOW CHAMITA.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, PROPERTIES IN THE FLOOD PLAIN ALONG THE RIO
CHAMA AND NEAR THE JUNCTION OF THE RIO OJO CALIENTE WILL SEE WATER
IN THEIR YARDS. IMPACTS CAN INCLUDE BANK EROSION AND DAMAGE TO
WELLS AND SEPTIC TANKS. THESE IMPACTS WILL INCREASE IN SEVERITY AT
HIGHER RIVER LEVELS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM MDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
EVENING TO A CREST OF 7.0 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.0
FEET ON 05/17/1993.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (6 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
RIO CHAMA
CHAMITA 6.0 5.5 THU 7 PM 5.4 4.8 4.7
LAT...LON 3608 10615 3610 10611 3606 10607 3603 10610
GUYER
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