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WGUS85 KABQ 240018
FLSABQ
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
618 PM 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 AFTERNOON AT NOON MDT.
NMC045-241800-
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/CDRC2.2.ER.261023T1533Z.261024T0030Z.261024T1300Z.NR/
618 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...THE RIVER IS NEAR CREST. MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD. THE RIVER WILL GRADUALLY FALL
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
* WHERE...ANIMAS RIVER NEAR CEDAR HILL.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:00 PM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 5:00 PM MDT FRIDAY WAS 11.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE TO FALL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 11.5
FEET ON 06/19/1949.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (6 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
ANIMAS RIVER
CEDAR HILL 10.5 11.9 FRI 5 PM 8.8 7.6 6.7
LAT...LON 3700 10784 3691 10782 3671 10817 3673 10822
3694 10791 3700 10788
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