• Issuing Office: Albuquerque

  Source: The National Weather Service

  5:49pm MDT, Thu Jun 23

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FROM 5:49PM MDT THU UNTIL 7:45PM MDT THU

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN BERNALILLO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO… NORTHWESTERN TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO…

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 545 PM MDT… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. PERSONNEL NEAR THE DOG HEAD FIRE ALSO INDICATE HIGH RAINFALL RATES. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… CHILILI.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE DOG HEAD FIRE BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LA JARA CANYON… LA JARA ROAD… ARROYO DE CHILILI… ACEVES ROAD… ARROYO CHINCHONTE… MANZANO MORNING AND TWIN PEAKS DRIVE… AND HIGHWAY 337.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE DOG HEAD FIRE BURN AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.