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Flash Flood Warning Now Over Tres Lagunas Burn Area (Tres Lagunas Post-Fire Response Burned Area Emergency Response)

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A · FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO · UNTIL 715 PM MDT · AT 542 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR PECOS...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF SANTA FE. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS WILL IMPACT THE TRES LAGUNAS BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOLY GHOST CREEK AND SUMMER HOME AREA...DAVIS CREEK... FOREST ROADS 92 AND 572...SOLDIER CREEK...COW CREEK...INDIAN CREEK...TERERRO...WINDY BRIDGE...TRES LAGUNAS...LOWER DALTON...AND AREAS SOUTH ALONG PECOS CANYON...INCLUDING STATE ROAD 63. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE TRES LAGUNAS FIRE BURN AREA.