Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 1989, 4:45 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, Valencia County, New Mexico. It was in force for 75 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1989, 4:45 PM MDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1989, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Valencia County, NM
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:54 PM MDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 153 PM MDT MON JUL 24 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...DEVELOPING IN ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA... ONCE AGAIN THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE DEVELOPED NEAR THE MOUNTAINS IN EASTERN ALBUQUERQUE. A REPORT OF 1.50 INCH OF RAIN IN 40 MINUTES WAS RECEIVED FROM THE SANDIA HEIGHTS AREA AT ABOUT 120 PM MDT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTER- NOON AND INTO TONIGHT. PEOPLE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FAST RISING AND FOR INCREASED FLOW OF WATER IN ARROYS AND DRAINAGE CHANNELS IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA...ALSO TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME FLOOD- ING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND STREETS...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID ARROYOS AND DRAINAGE CHANNELS AND SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO RUNNING WATER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 5:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Grant | 80 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.