Active Alerts Alta Vista, NM
This is a life threatening situation. Heavy rainfall will causeextensive and severe flash flooding of creeks, streams and ditchesin the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar. Severe debris flowscan also be anticipated across roads. Roads and driveways may bewashed away in places. If you encounter flood waters, climb tosafety.Do not camp along streams and rivers. Remain alert when hiking insteep, narrow canyons. Know where you are relative to low spots anddrainages.
FFWABQThe National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a* Flash Flood Warning for...The Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar in...Northwestern San Miguel County in northeastern New Mexico...* Until 345 PM MDT.* At 1241 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producingheavy rain over the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar betweenGascon and Rociada. Between 0.5 and 0.75 inches of rain havefallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.25 to 0.75 inches arepossible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expectedto begin shortly.Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will impact the Tecolote Creekand Gallinas River drainage areas. The debris flow can consist ofrock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials.HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstormsproducing flash flooding in and around the HermitsPeak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar.SOURCE...Radar indicated.IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and aroundthe Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar.* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...El Porvenir, Montezuma, Tierra Monte, Sapello, Gallinas, Rociada,Mineral Hill, Manuelitas and San Geronimo.This includes the following highways...State Road 94 between Mile Markers 1 and 9.State Road 518 between Mile Markers 10 and 16.State Road 283 between Mile Markers 7 and 12...andnear Mile Marker 14.State Road 276 between Mile Markers 0 and 5.State Road 266 between Mile Markers 0 and 6.State Road 65 between Mile Markers 1 and 14.State Road 105 between Mile Markers 0 and 6.
