Disasters · Gallup floodingGallup flood warning: Low-lying areas flooded on November 1Written November 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM UTCTranscript0:07Flood water reached low-lying parts of Gallup.0:10Drivers faced the possibility of impassable low water crossings across the warned0:15area.0:16The flooding happened on November1,2026 , with the warning scheduled to end0:21that evening.0:23It's still unclear whether local roads stayed hazardous after the warning ended.0:27Emergency managers reported flooding in Gallup and elsewhere across the Warned area.0:34The warning covered western Cibola County and McKinley County in west central New0:38Mexico.0:39Low-lying ground and flood-prone waterways were the concern.0:43Gallup was the community specifically identified in the flooding observation.0:47Elsewhere, forecasters described flooding as occurring or about to occur along0:53rivers, creeks, streams, and other vulnerable locations.0:57Conditions could vary across the area.1:00Emergency managers confirmed ongoing flooding that afternoon.1:04After forecasters had issued the warning earlier, the afternoon flood statement.1:09Kept that existing warning in place until nine p.1:13m.1:13Its scheduled end time stayed unchanged.1:16Heavy rain had already appeared on radar before the original warning went out.1:21By the afternoon continuation, the reported rainfall range was higher, and emergency1:27managers had supplied a specific observation of flooding in low-lying gallop.1:33The earlier warning put rainfall at a quarter to three quarters of an inch, with1:37another half to one inch possible.1:39The afternoon continuation put rainfall at half to one and a quarter inches, with up1:45to another half inch possible.1:47Those ranges covered the warned area.1:50They weren't readings from one identified rain gauge, so subtracting them wouldn't1:54tell us precisely how much more rain fell at a particular location.1:58The additional amounts were forecasts.2:01Low water crossings could become inundated and impassable.2:04The official advice was straightforward: don't drive on flooded roads.2:09That warning applied to water across the roadway, even as the amount of further rain2:14remained uncertain.2:15A separate warning later that evening covered another area, including Grants.2:20It included western Sandoval County, Central Cibola County, and northeastern2:25McKinley County, and carried a later expiration.2:28The Gallup Area warning was scheduled to end at nine p.2:32m.2:32The separate warning covered parts of three counties and was scheduled to end at ten2:38p.2:38m.2:39That later deadline belonged to a different warning.2:42In that separate area, radar and automated gauges indicated half to one and a half2:47inches of rain.2:49Up to another quarter inch was possible.2:52Forecasters described flooding there as imminent or occurring.2:57The expiration statement kept the Gallup warnings nine p.3:00m.3:00end point and said heavy rain had ended.3:03No extension through November fourth has been confirmed.3:06Later road conditions and damage in Gallup haven't been confirmed either.3:11An expiring warning alone couldn't guarantee that every crossing was passable.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
