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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
957 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
MEXICO...
SAN JUAN RIVER AT FARMINGTON AFFECTING SAN JUAN 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 SATURDAY MORNING AT 1000 AM MDT.
NMC045-241600-
/O.CON.KABQ.FL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-261025T1800Z/
/FRMN5.3.ER.000000T0000Z.261023T2100Z.261024T1734Z.NR/
957 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD.
* WHERE...SAN JUAN RIVER AT FARMINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, THE CURRENT EXTENT OF FLOODING ALONG THE
SAN JUAN RIVER IN NEW MEXICO HAS NOT BEEN OBSERVED SINCE BEFORE THE
COMPLETION OF NAVAJO DAM IN 1962. IN THE FARMINGTON VICINITY,
BACKWATER FLOODING ON THE ANIMAS RIVER AT AND ABOVE THE CONFLUENCE
WITH THE SAN JUAN RIVER IS THE MAJOR CONCERN. SEE FLOOD BULLETINS
PERTAINING TO THE ANIMAS RIVER. DOWNRIVER THROUGH SHIPROCK, MOSTLY
LOW LYING AND AGRICULTURAL AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO INUNDATION. AT 8.5
FEET, OVERBANK FLOW IS OCCURRING FROM JUST BELOW THE CONFLUENCE OF
THE ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVERS AT FARMINGTON, AND CONTINUING
DOWNRIVER THROUGH SHIPROCK. AT THIS WATER LEVEL, THE FAST FLOW CAN
RESULT IN RIVER BANK EROSION BUT OTHERWISE MINOR FLOOD DAMAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 9:00 AM MDT FRIDAY WAS 11.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.2 FEET
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 12.3
FEET ON 09/06/1909.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (10 AM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
SAN JUAN RIVER
FARMINGTON 8.5 11.5 FRI 9 AM 8.9 4.8 4.1
LAT...LON 3668 10781 3666 10808 3675 10868 3679 10866
3672 10783
ANM
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