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Hermits Peak Fire

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Unit Information

New Mexico 
Santa Fe, 
87508 
New Mexico 
Santa Fe, 
87508 

Incident Contacts

  • Hermits Peak Fire Information
    Email:
    2022.hermitspeak@firenet.gov
    Phone:
    505-356-2636
    Hours:
    Daily 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  • Santa Fe National Forest Public Affairs
    Email:
    SM.FS.sfnfpao@usda.gov
    Phone:
    505-438-5320

Flash Flood Warning 252 PM MDT July 21, 2022

Hermits Peak Fire
Publication Type: Announcement 08/01/2022

  

  

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has extended the

 

* Flash Flood Warning for...

  The Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar in...

  Northwestern San Miguel County in northeastern New Mexico...

 

* Until 500 PM MDT.

 

* At 252 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing

  heavy rain over the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar.

  Between 0.75 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional

  rainfall amounts of 0.25 to 1 inch are possible in the warned

  area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

 

Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will impact the Tecolote Creek

and Gallinas River drainage areas including Cabo Lucero Creek, Canon

Mesteno, Ojitos Frios Creek, Tecolote Creek, Porvenir Canyon, Arroyo

Pecos, Agua Zarca and Vegosa Creek. The debris flow can consist of

rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials.

 

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms

           producing flash flooding in and around the Hermits

           Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar.

 

  SOURCE...Radar.

 

  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...

  Las Vegas, El Porvenir, Montezuma, Storrie Lake State Park,

  Mineral Hill, Gallinas, San Geronimo, San Pablo and Ojitos Frios.

 
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