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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
102 AM MDT Mon Sep 21 2026

NMZ204-206>208-211-212-214-215-217>226-228-229-231>233-237>241-
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Northwest Highlands-West Central Mountains-West Central Highlands-
Southwest Mountains-Jemez Mountains-Glorieta Mesa Including
Glorieta Pass-Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains-East Slopes
Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Espanola Valley-Santa Fe Metro Area-
Middle Rio Grande Valley including the Albuquerque Metro Area-
Lower Rio Grande Valley-Sandia and Manzano Mountains including
Edgewood-Estancia Valley-Central Highlands-South Central
Highlands-Upper Tularosa Valley-South Central Mountains-Far
Northeast Highlands-Northeast Highlands-Harding County-Eastern
San Miguel County-Guadalupe County-De Baca County-Chaves County
Plains-Eastern Lincoln County-Southwest Chaves County-San Agustin
Plains and Adjacent Lowlands-
102 AM MDT Mon Sep 21 2026

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central,
  northeast, southeast, and west central New Mexico, including the
  following areas, in central New Mexico, Central Highlands, Eastern
  Lincoln County, Estancia Valley, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Middle
  Rio Grande Valley including the Albuquerque Metro Area, San Agustin
  Plains and Adjacent Lowlands, Sandia and Manzano Mountains
  including Edgewood, South Central Highlands, South Central
  Mountains and Upper Tularosa Valley. In east central New Mexico, De
  Baca County and Guadalupe County. In north central New Mexico, East
  Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Espanola Valley, Glorieta Mesa
  Including Glorieta Pass, Jemez Mountains, Northwest Highlands,
  Santa Fe Metro Area and Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains. In
  northeast New Mexico, Eastern San Miguel County, Far Northeast
  Highlands, Harding County and Northeast Highlands. In southeast New
  Mexico, Chaves County Plains and Southwest Chaves County. In west
  central New Mexico, Southwest Mountains, West Central Highlands and
  West Central Mountains.

* WHEN...From Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
  creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
  Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur
  in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be
  flooded. Storm drains and ditches may become clogged with debris.
  Extensive street flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers are
  possible.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - A dangerous surge of monsoon moisture will arrive Tuesday and
    Wednesday with widespread heavy rain.  Scattered occurrences of
    flash flooding are likely, and there will probably be some main
    stem river and tributary flooding, as the most likely rain amount
    by Wednesday afternoon exceeds 2 inches in many locations along
    and east of the central mountain chain, and 1 inch in many
    locations westward to the continental divide. Stronger storms
    will produce torrential rainfall at rates over 2 inches per hour,
    and storms will train repeatedly in succession over some
    locations, with locally heavier rain amounts reaching 4 to 6
    inches over portions of central and eastern New Mexico.  Heavy
    rain will likely continue Wednesday night over eastern areas,
    then showers and storms with locally heavy rainfall are forecast
    to return along and east of the continental divide again on
    Thursday.
  - Rapid runoff and flash flooding will be most likely in complex
    terrain, below recent burn scars, low-lying areas, urban areas,
    normally dry arroyos, and near rivers and streams.  As the event
    unfolds, locations with saturated ground will also become prone
    to rapid runoff and flash flooding from additional rounds of
    storms.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.  Never drive through flood
waters.  Most flash flood deaths occur in automobiles.

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