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WGUS45 KABQ 241439
FLWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
839 AM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...
RIO CHAMA BELOW CHAMITA AFFECTING RIO ARRIBA 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 THIS EVENING AT 845 PM MDT.
NMC039-250245-
/O.EXT.KABQ.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-261026T1630Z/
/CMTN5.2.ER.261023T0450Z.261025T0000Z.261026T0430Z.NO/
839 AM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...RIO CHAMA BELOW CHAMITA.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, PROPERTIES ALONG THE RIO CHAMA AND SOUTHERN
REACH OF THE RIO OJO CALIENTE ARE FLOODED. PRIVATE ROADWAYS WITHIN
SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS OF THE RIVER ARE IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM MDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 8:00 AM MDT SATURDAY WAS 7.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.1 FEET
THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.0
FEET ON 08/09/1967.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (6 AM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE
RIO CHAMA
CHAMITA 6.0 6.8 SAT 8 AM 7.3 5.6 4.9
LAT...LON 3608 10615 3610 10611 3606 10607 3603 10610
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