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WGUS85 KABQ 231815 RRA
FLSABQ
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1215 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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 AFTERNOON AT NOON MDT.
NMC045-241800-
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/LPSC2.1.ER.261024T0106Z.261024T0600Z.261024T0952Z.NO/
1215 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...LA PLATA RIVER BELOW REDMESA.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 AM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING TO
9.2 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT 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 (12 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
LA PLATA RIVER
REDMESA 9.0 6.4 FRI 11 AM 8.1 5.7 4.5
LAT...LON 3700 10817 3689 10815 3673 10823 3674 10828
3689 10823 3700 10820
ANM
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