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WGUS85 KABQ 240124
FLSABQ
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
724 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
MEXICO...
RIO CHAMA BELOW CHAMITA AFFECTING RIO ARRIBA 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.
NMC039-241800-
/O.CON.KABQ.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-261025T0600Z/
/CMTN5.1.ER.261023T0450Z.261023T0815Z.261024T1700Z.NO/
724 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RIO CHAMA BELOW CHAMITA.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, PROPERTIES IN THE FLOOD PLAIN ALONG THE RIO
CHAMA AND NEAR THE JUNCTION OF THE RIO OJO CALIENTE WILL SEE WATER
IN THEIR YARDS. IMPACTS CAN INCLUDE BANK EROSION AND DAMAGE TO
WELLS AND SEPTIC TANKS. THESE IMPACTS WILL INCREASE IN SEVERITY AT
HIGHER RIVER LEVELS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM MDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:00 PM MDT FRIDAY WAS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 6.8 FEET
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 6.7
FEET ON 05/22/1995.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (6 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
RIO CHAMA
CHAMITA 6.0 6.5 FRI 7 PM 5.6 4.7 4.5
LAT...LON 3608 10615 3610 10611 3606 10607 3603 10610
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