502  
WGUS75 KABQ 230405  
FFSABQ  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
1005 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026  
 
NMC006-031-043-045-230730-  
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0221.000000T0000Z-261023T0730Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
CIBOLA NM-MCKINLEY NM-SANDOVAL NM-SAN JUAN NM-  
1005 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM MDT FRIDAY FOR  
NORTHWESTERN SANDOVAL, SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN, NORTHEASTERN CIBOLA AND  
NORTHEASTERN MCKINLEY COUNTIES...  
 
AT 1005 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY  
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 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.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3545 10790 3543 10773 3533 10773 3519 10776  
3518 10753 3516 10746 3519 10748 3544 10742  
3562 10718 3606 10707 3622 10712 3622 10778  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
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