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WGUS65 KABQ 240445
FFAABQ
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1045 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
NMZ203-204-210>219-221>224-227>229-232-233-237>240-241800-
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FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-TUSAS MOUNTAINS
INCLUDING CHAMA-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-GLORIETA MESA INCLUDING GLORIETA
PASS-NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO
GRANDE VALLEY-ESPANOLA VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-MIDDLE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-SANDIA AND
MANZANO MOUNTAINS INCLUDING EDGEWOOD-ESTANCIA VALLEY-CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS
INCLUDING RATON PASS-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES
COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
1045 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MDT SATURDAY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL,
NORTHEAST, AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY,
ESTANCIA VALLEY, MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE
METRO AREA, SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS INCLUDING EDGEWOOD AND
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, DE BACA COUNTY
AND GUADALUPE COUNTY. IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS, ESPANOLA VALLEY, FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS, GLORIETA MESA
INCLUDING GLORIETA PASS, JEMEZ MOUNTAINS, NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS,
SANTA FE METRO AREA, TUSAS MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHAMA AND UPPER RIO
GRANDE VALLEY. IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO, EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY,
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS, JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS INCLUDING RATON
PASS AND NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS. IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO, CHAVES
COUNTY PLAINS AND SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY.
* WHEN...FROM 6 AM MDT SATURDAY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE
FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY AND
EXPAND IN COVERAGE THOUGH THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS
OF 1 INCH PER HOUR MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON ALREADY SATURATED
SOILS. ARROYOS, SMALL STREAMS AND CHANNELS MAY QUICKLY RISE WITH
WATER FROM HEAVY RAINFALL. REPEATED ROUNDS OF STORMS WILL
INCREASE THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ/EMERGENCYPREPFLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
NMZ226-241800-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
1045 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREA, SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.
* WHEN...THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE
FLOODED. STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES MAY BECOME CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.
THEN, SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL REDEVELOP SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RECENT WILDFIRE
BURN SCARS IN LINCOLN COUNTY REMAIN VULNERABLE TO ABRUPT RUNOFF
AND FLASH FLOODING. WHILE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL TYPICALLY PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.25 TO 0.75 INCH,
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF FLASH
FLOODING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ/EMERGENCYPREPFLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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