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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
324 PM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHEASTERN MCKINLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT.
* AT 324 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN TODAY ON TOP OF SATURATED SOILS FROM EARLIER RAINFALL OVER
PREVIOUS DAYS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 6 PM MDT. 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...
TORREON NAVAJO MISSION, OJO ENCINO AND TORREON.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 550 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 89.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY OR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER
CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
ARROYOS, STREAMS, AND NORMALLY DRY RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER
CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. WATER IN ARROYOS CAN TRAVEL MANY
MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.
LAT...LON 3543 10758 3575 10757 3621 10729 3622 10713
3622 10704 3559 10713 3541 10730
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
SHOEMAKE
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