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WGUS45 KABQ 250150
FLWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
750 PM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW MEXICO...
RIO PUERCO NEAR BERNARDO AFFECTING SOCORRO 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON MDT.
NMC053-251800-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FL.W.0018.261025T0150Z-261029T0000Z/
/BNDN5.1.ER.261028T1800Z.261029T0000Z.261029T0600Z.NO/
750 PM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY EVENING
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD ADVISORY
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RIO PUERCO NEAR BERNARDO.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.5 FEET, THE WATER LEVEL IN THE LOWER RIO PUERCO
WILL BEGIN TO THREATEN SEVERAL HOMES AND STRUCTURES IN THE VILLAGE
OF SAN FRANCISCO BETWEEN INTERSTATE 25 AND THE RIO GRANDE. FURTHER
RISES IN WATER LEVELS WOULD BEGIN TO FLOOD THE VILLAGE OF SAN
FRANCISCO.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM MDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...WHILE THE TIMING MAY CHANGE, THE RIVER IS CURRENTLY
EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO A
CREST OF 19.6 FEET WEDNESDAY EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (6 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE
RIO PUERCO
BERNARDO 19.5 6.3 SAT 7 PM 14.6 17.6 18.4
LAT...LON 3559 10713 3531 10689 3440 10682 3437 10687
3487 10707 3561 10723
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