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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1215 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
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SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
1215 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREA, SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- A LONGER DURATION PERIOD OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL SET UP THIS EVENING, WITH ACTIVITY REDEVELOPING AGAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON SATURDAY AND PERSISTING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. RECENT
WILDFIRE BURN SCARS IN LINCOLN COUNTY REMAIN VULNERABLE TO ABRUPT
RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. WHILE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL TYPICALLY PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.25 TO
0.75 INCH, MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF
FLASH FLOODING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ/EMERGENCYPREPFLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
1215 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, FAR
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS, JEMEZ MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS. IN
WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND WEST CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS.
* WHEN...THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE
FLOODED. STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES MAY BECOME CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE RAINFALL RATES WILL NOT BE AS HIGH AS
YESTERDAY, IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO WORSEN
RUNOFF THAT WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/ABQ/EMERGENCYPREPFLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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