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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
855 PM MDT SUN OCT 25 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 100 AM MDT.
* AT 855 PM MDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED.
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...
ROSWELL.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 156 AND 162.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG THE RIO HONDO AND IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE DOWNSTREAM INTO THE ROSWELL AREA LATER TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
LAT...LON 3328 10499 3348 10479 3348 10453 3343 10446
3338 10437 3336 10440 3335 10453 3328 10458
3324 10462 3319 10486
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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