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WGUS45 KABQ 240027
FLWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
627 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...
ANIMAS RIVER AT FARMINGTON AFFECTING SAN JUAN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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-
/O.CON.KABQ.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-261025T1800Z/
/ARFN5.2.ER.261023T1928Z.261024T0500Z.261024T2323Z.NO/
627 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE 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 5:30 PM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.1 FEET
LATE THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY
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 (6 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
ANIMAS RIVER
FARMINGTON 10.0 UNK FRI 4 PM 9.9 8.0 7.1
LAT...LON 3700 10786 3691 10784 3671 10819 3672 10822
3694 10791 3700 10787
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