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WGUS85 KABQ 231558 RRA
FLSABQ
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
958 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
MEXICO...
ANIMAS RIVER NEAR CEDAR HILL 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.EXT.KABQ.FL.W.0014.261023T1558Z-261024T2040Z/
/CDRC2.1.ER.261023T1533Z.261023T2200Z.261024T0840Z.NR/
958 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF
RECORD.
* WHERE...ANIMAS RIVER NEAR CEDAR HILL.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.5 FEET, THE RIVER WOULD BE NEAR AN ALL TIME HIGH.
AREAS ALONG THE RIVER THAT NEVER BEFORE EXPERIENCED FLOODING WILL
LIKELY BE INUNDATED AS WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 11.3 FEET
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 11.3
FEET ON 09/06/1970.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3700 10784 3691 10782 3671 10817 3673 10822
3694 10791 3700 10788
ANM
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