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Flood Watch
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1157 AM MDT Tue Sep 22 2026

NMZ201>234-237>241-230800-
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Northwest Plateau-Chuska Mountains-Far Northwest Highlands-
Northwest Highlands-West Central Plateau-West Central Mountains-
West Central Highlands-Southwest Mountains-San Francisco River
Valley-Tusas Mountains Including Chama-Jemez Mountains-Glorieta
Mesa Including Glorieta Pass-Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains-East Slopes Sangre de Cristo
Mountains-Upper Rio Grande Valley-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-
Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass-Far Northeast
Highlands-Northeast Highlands-Union County-Harding County-Eastern
San Miguel County-Guadalupe County-Quay County-De Baca County-
Chaves County Plains-Eastern Lincoln County-Southwest Chaves
County-San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands-
1157 AM MDT Tue Sep 22 2026

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
  possible.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central,
  northeast, northwest, 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, Guadalupe County and Quay County. In
  north central New Mexico, East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains,
  Espanola Valley, Far Northwest Highlands, Glorieta Mesa Including
  Glorieta Pass, Jemez Mountains, Northern Sangre de Cristo
  Mountains, Northwest Highlands, Santa Fe Metro Area, Southern
  Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Tusas Mountains Including Chama and
  Upper Rio Grande Valley. In northeast New Mexico, Eastern San
  Miguel County, Far Northeast Highlands, Harding County, Johnson and
  Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass, Northeast Highlands and Union
  County. In northwest New Mexico, Chuska Mountains and Northwest
  Plateau. In southeast New Mexico, Chaves County Plains and
  Southwest Chaves County. In west central New Mexico, San Francisco
  River Valley, Southwest Mountains, West Central Highlands, West
  Central Mountains and West Central Plateau.

* WHEN...Through late Wednesday night.

* 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 today 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 later in the week, as the most
    likely rain amount by Wednesday afternoon exceeds 1.5 inches many
    locations along and east of the central mountain chain, and 1
    inch in many locations westward to around Dulce, Gallup, and
    Glenwood. 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 over 4 inches over portions of southern, central, and
    eastern New Mexico.  Heavy rain will likely continue Wednesday
    night over north-central and eastern New Mexico, then showers and
    storms with locally heavy rainfall are forecast to return to much
    of the state 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.

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