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FLSABQ
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1043 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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 1045 AM MDT.
NMC045-241645-
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1043 AM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF
RECORD.
* WHERE...ANIMAS RIVER NEAR CEDAR HILL.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.5 FEET, FLOOD WATERS WILL INUNDATE LOW SPOTS ALONG
THE RIVER AND PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IF FURTHER
RISES OCCUR. PORTIONS OF THE RIVERWALK IN FARMINGTON WILL SOON BE
FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. 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.
AT 9.5 FEET, MINOR OVERBANK FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS ALONG THE RIVER
FROM THE NEW MEXICO-COLORADO BORDER DOWN TO THE RIVERWALK IN
FARMINGTON CAN BE EXPECTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.2 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
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (11 AM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
ANIMAS RIVER
CEDAR HILL 10.5 10.2 FRI 10 AM 9.3 7.8 6.8
LAT...LON 3700 10784 3691 10782 3671 10817 3673 10822
3694 10791 3700 10788
ANM
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