Flash Flood Warning

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The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... The Hermits Peak Calf Canyon Burn Scar in... Western Mora County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 500 PM MDT.

* At 156 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Hermits Peak Calf Canyon Burn Scar. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 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 Calf Canyon Burn Scar.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Mora, Cleveland, Ledoux, Holman, Morphy Lake State Park, La Cueva, Gascon, Chacon, Monte Aplanado and South Carmen.

This includes State Road 518 between Mile Markers 17 and 39.