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WGUS75 KABQ 240038
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
638 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
NMC006-031-043-240130-
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CIBOLA NM-MCKINLEY NM-SANDOVAL NM-
638 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SANDOVAL, NORTHEASTERN CIBOLA AND EAST
CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTIES...
AT 638 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS
EXITED THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.75 AND 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN
THE PAST TWO HOURS ON TOP OF SATURATED SOILS. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARQUEZ, CEBOLLETITA, SEBOYETA, BIBO, PAGUATE AND ENCINAL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SEBOYETITA CREEK, SALADO CREEK, SAN MIGUEL CREEK, AND CANADA ANCHA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
IN HILLY OR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER
CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3528 10758 3517 10751 3510 10740 3507 10731
3530 10718 3550 10713 3562 10726 3542 10744
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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