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WGUS45 KABQ 251344
FLWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
744 AM MDT SUN OCT 25 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON MDT.
NMC039-261800-
/O.EXT.KABQ.FL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-261026T2136Z/
/RCAN5.2.ER.261025T0539Z.261025T1800Z.261026T0936Z.UU/
744 AM MDT SUN OCT 25 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING
IS FORECAST BY THE AFTERNOON.
* WHERE...RIO CHAMA ABOVE ABIQUIU.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 AM MDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.2 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:00 AM MDT SUNDAY WAS 12.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.2 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.
- 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/ABQ/EMERGENCYPREPFLOOD
LAT...LON 3656 10671 3639 10667 3633 10657 3629 10661
3635 10671 3655 10677
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