Flash Flood Warning

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The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for... The Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar in... Northern San Miguel County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 445 PM MDT.

* At 306 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar has ended and only light to occasional moderate rain persisted. Between 2.5 and 3.25 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding in and around the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Tierra Monte, Sapello, Manuelitas and Rociada.

This includes State Road 518 between Mile Markers 10 and 16.

The drainages most likely to experience flash flooding are Manuelitas Creek and Sapello River.