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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 29, 1996Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 1996, 9:47 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 29, 1996, 9:47 PM MDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 1996, 10:45 PM MDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Whole counties

County Quay County, NM

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 29, 3:49 PM MDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before

NMZ012-013-018-020-021-300030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
350 PM MDT MON JUL 29 1996

EXPECT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
SMALL HAIL THROUGH 630 PM IN GUADALUPE COUNTY...DE BACA COUNTY...
QUAY COUNTY...CURRY COUNTY...AND NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY.

A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM TAOS THROUGH MORA AND CONCHAS DAM TO
NEAR GLENRIO AT 315 PM.  THIS COLD FRONT SHOULD SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR
LOCALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS NEW
MEXICO/S EASTCENTRAL PLAINS.

SINCE 200 PM...RADAR REPORTS SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING IN A BAND
RUNNING ACROSS SOUTHERN GUADALUPE COUNTY...NORTHERN DE BACA
COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN QUAY COUNTY.  HOURLY RAINFALL RATES AROUND ONE
INCH HAVE OCCURRED WITH THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF
SUMNER LAKE AND NEAR FORT SUMNER SINCE 200 PM.  SIMILAR RATES OF
RAINFALL SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE BAND
OF THUNDERSTORMS DRIFTS TOWARDS THE SOUTH.

PERSONS IN GUADALUPE COUNTY...DE BACA COUNTY...QUAY COUNTY...CURRY
COUNTY...AND NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY SHOULD EXPECT LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND
NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 9:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	58 min
Jul 30, 1:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	62 min
Jul 30, 3:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	63 min
Jul 30, 3:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	64 min
Jul 30, 4:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	61 min
Jul 30, 4:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	60 min
Jul 30, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	66 min
Jul 30, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	65 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.