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WGUS45 KABQ 252046
FLWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
246 PM 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 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 LATE TONIGHT AT 200 AM MDT.
NMC053-260800-
/O.EXT.KABQ.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-261029T1400Z/
/BNDN5.2.ER.261025T2142Z.261026T0600Z.261029T0820Z.NO/
246 PM MDT SUN OCT 25 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RIO PUERCO NEAR BERNARDO.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.0 FEET, STREETS IN THE VILLAGE OF SAN FRANCISCO
BETWEEN INTERSTATE 25 AND THE RIO GRANDE JUST SOUTH OF BERNARDO
WILL FLOOD. WATER LEVELS IN THE LOWER RIO PUERCO HAVE NOT BEEN THIS
HIGH SINCE JULY OF 1944. THE NEARBY RAILROAD BRIDGE MAY FLOOD.
FURTHER RISES WOULD IMPACT INTERSTATE 25 TRAFFIC.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:00 PM MDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON
TO 24.1 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL EARLY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL RISE AGAIN TO 22.5 FEET WEDNESDAY
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES MDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (12 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
RIO PUERCO
BERNARDO 19.5 17.6 SUN 2 PM 23.0 21.2 22.1
LAT...LON 3559 10713 3531 10689 3440 10682 3437 10687
3487 10707 3561 10723
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