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WGUS85 KABQ 231642
FLSABQ
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1042 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 1045 AM MDT.
NMC045-241645-
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/FRMN5.3.ER.000000T0000Z.261023T1900Z.261024T2004Z.NR/
1042 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
THIS EXCEEDS THE FLOOD OF RECORD.
* WHERE...SAN JUAN RIVER AT FARMINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 10:00 AM MDT FRIDAY WAS 13.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 14.0 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- 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 (11 AM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
SAN JUAN RIVER
FARMINGTON 8.5 13.2 FRI 10 AM 9.4 4.8 4.1
LAT...LON 3668 10781 3666 10808 3675 10868 3679 10866
3672 10783
ANM
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