Flash flooding causes road closures on Highway 380 in New Mexico
Road ClosureFrom Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening. Impacts, excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood prone locations. Additional details, slow-moving showers and thunderstorms with rainfall rates greater than 2 inches per hour will elevate the risk for flash flooding, especially across urban areas, including the Albuquerque and Santa Fe metros. www.weather.gov slash safety flood you should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should flash flood warnings be issued. The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a flash flood warning for South Central Socorro County in central New Mexico until 12.15 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time. At 9.20 p.m. Mountain Daylight time, Doppler and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorm producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 2 inches of rain have fallen east of San Antonio along United States Highway 380. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Hazard, flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. Source, radar and automated gauges. San Antonio, Lavo Recita and Luis Lopez (name withheld). This includes the following highways, Highway 380 between mile markers 1 and 18. Interstate 25 between mile markers 134 and 144. This includes the following streams and drainages, Walnut Creek, California Neves, Arroyo de Law and Salt Creek. Turn around, don't drown when encountering flood will create sudden and dangerous flows in arroyos and over low water crossings. Repeating, a flash flood warning has been issued until 1215 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time Tuesday for the following county, Sicoro, New Mexico. Flood advisory in effect until 11.15 p.m.