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WGUS85 KABQ 232031
FLSABQ
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
231 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
MEXICO...
ANIMAS 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 AFTERNOON AT 245 PM MDT.
NMC045-242045-
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/ARFN5.1.ER.261023T1928Z.261024T0500Z.261024T1930Z.NO/
231 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ANIMAS RIVER AT FARMINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, THE RIVERWALK AREA IN FARMINGTON IS FLOODED
AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. WATER LEVELS HAVE NOT BEEN THIS HIGH SINCE
THE FLOOD OF 1927.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:30 PM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 11.4 FEET
LATE THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 11.0
FEET ON 05/14/1941.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
ANIMAS RIVER
FARMINGTON 10.0 9.8 FRI 12 PM 9.9 8.0 7.2
LAT...LON 3700 10786 3691 10784 3671 10819 3672 10822
3694 10791 3700 10787
ANM
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