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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
728 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
NORTHEASTERN CIBOLA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHEASTERN MCKINLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 130 AM MDT FRIDAY.
* AT 728 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 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...
PUEBLO PINTADO, OJO ENCINO, TORREON NAVAJO MISSION, COUNSELOR, SAN
MATEO AND TORREON.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 550 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 99.
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. FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3545 10790 3622 10778 3622 10712 3606 10707
3562 10718 3544 10742 3519 10748 3516 10746
3518 10753 3519 10776 3533 10773 3543 10773
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
SHOEMAKE
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