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WGUS85 KABQ 231316
FLSABQ
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
716 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
MEXICO...
RIO CHAMA ABOVE ABIQUIU 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 730 PM MDT.
NMC039-240130-
/O.EXT.KABQ.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-261024T1300Z/
/RCAN5.3.ER.261023T0437Z.261023T1800Z.261024T0123Z.UU/
716 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...RIO CHAMA ABOVE ABIQUIU.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 AM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.2 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:00 AM MDT FRIDAY WAS 13.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 13.5 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (6 AM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
RIO CHAMA
ABIQUIU 11.0 13.3 FRI 7 AM 9.1 7.8 7.5
LAT...LON 3656 10671 3639 10667 3633 10657 3629 10661
3635 10671 3655 10677
ANM
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