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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 28, 2010San Miguel County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2010, 7:28 PM MDT for San Miguel County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr. 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, 7:28 PM MDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2010, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe 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, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:57 PM MDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 6:03 AM MDT, 13 hours 25 minutes 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, 3:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 4:55 PM MDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 7:19 PM MDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 6:24 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	111 min
Jul 28, 6:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	90 min
Jul 28, 7:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	116 min
Jul 29, 11:09 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance	111 min
Jul 29, 11:14 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	91 min
Jul 29, 11:17 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance	118 min
Jul 29, 11:28 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	2 hr
Jul 29, 11:32 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	88 min
Jul 29, 12:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance	114 min
Jul 29, 12:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	2 hr
Jul 29, 12:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro	111 min
Jul 29, 1:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos	114 min
Jul 29, 1:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance, Valencia	2 hr
Jul 29, 1:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	115 min
Jul 29, 1:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	111 min
Jul 29, 1:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance	114 min
Jul 29, 1:49 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro	86 min
Jul 29, 1:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	2 hr
Jul 29, 2:18 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	75 min
Jul 29, 2:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Torrance	2 hr
Jul 29, 2:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro, Valencia	2 hr
Jul 29, 3:05 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance	115 min
Jul 29, 3:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval	117 min
Jul 29, 4:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Guadalupe, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance	117 min
Jul 29, 4:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Taos	112 min
Jul 29, 4:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval, Valencia	2 hr
Jul 29, 4:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	117 min
Jul 29, 4:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	112 min
Jul 29, 4:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.