NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WILL BE UNDER THE WEATHER GUN FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. METEOROLOGIST TODD SHOEMAKE WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE TELLS 770 KKOB THERE'S A LOT OF SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE, WHICH THEY CALL A MONSOON BURST. ON TOP OF THAT, THERE WILL BE VERY LIGHT WINDS STEERING THE STORM THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THE EVENING. HE SAYS THAT WILL RESULT IN THE STORMS MOVING VERY SLOWLY, WHICH WHICH GREATLY INCREASE THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT.
SHOEMAKE SAYS FLASH FLOODS COULD HAPPEN IN ALBUQUERQUE, SANTA FE, AND OTHER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.
HE SAYS IF YOU FIND YOU'RE DRIVING ON A ROAD WITH A LOT OF RUSHING WATER, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GAUGE HOW DEEP IT IS SO DON'T GO THROUGH IT. FOLLOW THE WARNING "TURN AROUND … DON'T DROWN." SHOEMAKE SAYS THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL IF WHAT LOOKS LIKE WATER JUST COVERING THE ROADWAY IS, IN FACT, MUCH DEEPER AND MORE DANGEROUS.
