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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 23, 2008

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood watch at Jul 23, 2008, 9:58 AM MDT. It took effect at Jul 23, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 2008, 9:58 AM MDT (15:58 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 23, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 23, 2008, 9:59 PM MDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Flood severity
None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jul 23, 3:00 AM MDT, 6 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:00 AM MDT, 6 hours 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 6:00 AM MDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT WED JUL 23 2008

NMZ001>021-026-241200-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY-
ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
600 AM MDT WED JUL 23 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS
OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING...IS POSSIBLE
BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO.
IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCAL AREAS OF
FLOODING...IS POSSIBLE OVER THE UPPER GILA AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE TO REPORT FLOODING. SPOTTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED
TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 6:04 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley116 min
Jul 22, 7:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCibola, McKinley90 min
Jul 22, 7:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQValencia40 min
Jul 22, 7:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola111 min
Jul 22, 7:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQValencia116 min
Jul 22, 7:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley119 min
Jul 22, 7:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCibola, McKinley2 hr
Jul 22, 8:14 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo91 min
Jul 22, 8:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Juan117 min
Jul 22, 8:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo39 min
Jul 22, 8:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Cibola, Valencia2 hr
Jul 22, 8:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro, Valencia88 min
Jul 22, 9:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Sandoval111 min
Jul 22, 10:04 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro86 min
Jul 22, 10:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Juan112 min
Jul 23, 2:20 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley3 hr
Jul 23, 12:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola110 min
Jul 23, 12:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley114 min
Jul 23, 1:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley3 hr
Jul 23, 2:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola118 min
Jul 23, 2:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro119 min
Jul 23, 2:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMcKinley119 min
Jul 23, 3:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Juan112 min
Jul 23, 3:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron108 min
Jul 23, 3:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley3 hr
Jul 23, 4:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley110 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.