310  
WGUS75 KABQ 230408  
FFSABQ  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
1008 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026  
 
NMC043-230515-  
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SANDOVAL NM-  
1008 PM MDT THU OCT 22 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT THIS  
EVENING FOR CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY...  
 
AT 1008 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY  
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 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...  
CUBA.  
 
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 550 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 73, STATE ROAD  
279, STATE ROAD 197, AND SAN LUIS ROAD.  
 
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 3600 10685 3556 10688 3553 10710 3562 10718  
3607 10707 3607 10697 3602 10689 3600 10689  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
GUYER  
 
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