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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 28, 2010Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2010, 3:03 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 117 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 28, 2010, 3:03 PM MDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2010, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Bernalillo County, NM

The radar

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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.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 28, 2:57 PM MDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:57 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 6:03 AM MDT, 9 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
603 AM MDT WED JUL 28 2010

NMZ501>540-291200-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
603 AM MDT WED JUL 28 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAVY RAINS CAPABLE OF MINOR FLOODING OR POSSIBLY LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING MAY OCCUR OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO.
THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM THE UPPER GILA TO THE SACRAMENTO
MOUNTAINS AND POSSIBLY INTO THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A THREAT FOR MINOR OR POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING FOR AREAS
ALONG AND WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN ON THURSDAY. EXPECT
THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TO PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY
THE UPCOMING WEEKEND FOR WESTERN NEW MEXICO. IT APPEARS THE HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON FOR RAIN AND
FLOODING REPORTS. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637 FOR ANY WEATHER REPORTS.

DPORTER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 12:36 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 28, 12:37 PM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 28, 12:52 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 6:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley119 min
Jul 27, 7:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, San Juan114 min
Jul 27, 7:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Sandoval88 min
Jul 28, 11:20 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Lincoln115 min
Jul 28, 11:58 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln2 hr
Jul 28, 12:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLincoln113 min
Jul 28, 12:15 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLincoln2 hr
Jul 28, 12:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora, San Miguel, Santa Fe114 min
Jul 28, 12:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Sandoval118 min
Jul 28, 1:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln, Socorro2 hr
Jul 28, 1:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval, Santa Fe117 min
Jul 28, 1:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance111 min
Jul 28, 2:04 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel116 min
Jul 28, 2:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro114 min
Jul 28, 2:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo111 min
Jul 28, 2:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTorrance112 min
Jul 28, 3:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves2 hr
Jul 28, 3:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQTorrance2 hr
Jul 28, 3:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Torrance, Valencia118 min
Jul 28, 4:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba118 min
Jul 28, 4:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSanta Fe, Torrance116 min
Jul 28, 4:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro, Torrance, Valencia2 hr
Jul 28, 4:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron116 min
Jul 28, 4:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola2 hr
Jul 28, 4:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Socorro2 hr
Jul 28, 5:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Cibola, Socorro, Valencia118 min
Jul 28, 5:11 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance107 min
Jul 28, 5:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos118 min
Jul 28, 5:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron91 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.