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WGUS85 KABQ 231315
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
715 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED TO MINOR SEVERITY AND INCREASED IN
DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...
RIO CHAMA BELOW CHAMITA AFFECTING RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 715 PM MDT.
NMC039-240115-
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715 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...RIO CHAMA BELOW CHAMITA.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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. AT 8.0 FEET, PROPERTIES ALONG THE RIO CHAMA
AND SOUTHERN REACH OF THE RIO OJO CALIENTE ARE FLOODED. PRIVATE
ROADWAYS WITHIN SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS OF THE RIVER ARE IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 AM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:00 AM MDT FRIDAY WAS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 4.2 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 6.7
FEET ON 07/21/2009.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (6 AM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
RIO CHAMA
CHAMITA 6.0 6.7 FRI 7 AM 4.3 4.2 4.2
LAT...LON 3608 10615 3610 10611 3606 10607 3603 10610
ANM
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