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WGUS85 KABQ 231936  
FLSABQ  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
136 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...  
 
RIO CHAMA ABOVE ABIQUIU AFFECTING RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY, TURN AROUND AND FIND AN  
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.  
 
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 145 AM MDT.  
 
 
 
NMC039-240745-  
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/RCAN5.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/  
136 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026  
 
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...RIO CHAMA ABOVE ABIQUIU.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1:00 PM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.9 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL TO 8.7 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT  
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN RISE TO 9.1 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
IT WILL FALL TO 7.8 FEET SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN RISE TO 8.0  
FEET SUNDAY EVENING. IT WILL FALL AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD  
STAGE.  
- ACTION STAGE IS 10.2 FEET.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (12 PM)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON  
 
RIO CHAMA  
ABIQUIU 11.0 10.9 FRI 1 PM 9.1 8.0 7.4  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3656 10671 3639 10667 3633 10657 3629 10661  
3635 10671 3655 10677  
 
 
 
ANM  
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