291  
WGUS85 KABQ 231342  
FLSABQ  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
742 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...  
 
RIO PUERCO NEAR BERNARDO AFFECTING SOCORRO COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY, TURN AROUND AND FIND AN  
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.  
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA, REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING OR  
THE POSSIBILITY OF THE ADVISORY BEING UPGRADED TO A WARNING.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 745 PM MDT.  
 

 
 
NMC053-240145-  
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742 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026  
   
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO WEDNESDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...RIO PUERCO NEAR BERNARDO.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 19.5 FEET, AT THE INITIAL FLOOD STAGE OF 19.5 FEET,  
THE WATER LEVEL IN THE LOWER RIO PUERCO WILL BEGIN TO THREATEN  
SEVERAL HOMES AND STRUCTURES IN THE VILLAGE OF SAN FRANCISCO  
BETWEEN INTERSTATE 25 AND THE RIO GRANDE. FURTHER RISES IN WATER  
LEVELS WOULD BEGIN TO FLOOD THE VILLAGE OF SAN FRANCISCO. THE LAST  
TIME THE WATER LEVEL REACHED 19.5 FEET IN THE RIO PUERCO NEAR  
BERNARDO WAS AUGUST 10 2006.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:00 AM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.8 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 18.6 FEET  
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  
- ACTION STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.5 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3559 10713 3531 10689 3440 10682 3437 10687  
3487 10707 3561 10723  
 

 
 
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