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WGUS85 KABQ 231559
FLSABQ
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
959 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
MEXICO...
LA PLATA RIVER BELOW REDMESA 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-
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/LPSC2.1.ER.261024T0037Z.261024T0600Z.261024T1040Z.NO/
959 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...LA PLATA RIVER BELOW REDMESA.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 AM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING TO
9.2 FEET LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TONIGHT TO 5.5 FEET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL RISE TO 5.7
FEET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL TO 5.6 FEET SUNDAY
MORNING. IT WILL RISE TO 5.7 FEET EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL
THEN FALL AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 9.3
FEET ON 07/27/1955.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (10 AM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
LA PLATA RIVER
REDMESA 9.0 6.3 FRI 9 AM 8.4 5.7 4.6
LAT...LON 3700 10817 3689 10815 3673 10823 3674 10828
3689 10823 3700 10820
ANM
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