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WGUS45 KABQ 241501
FLWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
901 AM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...
RIO CHAMA ABOVE ABIQUIU 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 915 PM MDT.
NMC039-250315-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FL.W.0017.261025T0112Z-261026T0600Z/
/RCAN5.1.ER.261025T0112Z.261025T0600Z.261025T1800Z.UU/
901 AM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RIO CHAMA ABOVE ABIQUIU.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM MDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
EVENING TO A CREST OF 11.4 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 10.8
FEET ON 05/09/2009.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3656 10671 3639 10667 3633 10657 3629 10661
3635 10671 3655 10677
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