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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood watch at Aug 15, 2008, 4:29 AM MDT. It took effect at Aug 15, 2008, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2008, 4:29 AM MDT (10:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 15, 2008, 1:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2008, 9:21 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 Aug 15, 3:36 AM MDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 3:36 AM MDT, 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 6:00 AM MDT, 22 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT THU AUG 14 2008 NMZ001>021-026-151200- 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 THU AUG 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN NOON AND 10 PM EAST OF A LINE FROM RATON TO CLOVIS WHERE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WINDS NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING...ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND FRIDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITHIN THE SLIGHT RISK AREAS. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THEIR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1.888.386.7637. 34
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 14, 10:30 PM MDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 8:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 55 min |
| Aug 15, 4:02 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 14 hr | |
| Aug 15, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 54 min |
| Aug 15, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 62 min |
| Aug 15, 5:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Torrance, Valencia | 53 min |
| Aug 15, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 63 min |
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Sources
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