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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 29, 2010San Juan County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2010, 9:34 PM MDT for San Juan County, New Mexico. It was in force for 86 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, 2010, 9:34 PM MDT (03:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2010, 11:00 PM MDT
In force: 86 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County San Juan County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 29, 2:46 PM MDT, 6 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 2:46 PM MDT, 6 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 6:12 AM MDT, 15 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
612 AM MDT THU JUL 29 2010

NMZ501>540-301200-
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-
612 AM MDT THU JUL 29 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
THE SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MINOR FLOODING TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN
PLACES WHERE THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

FRIDAY...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE ALONG AND WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. FURTHER
WEST...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLASH FLOODING TO DEVELOP ALONG
AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS
EXPECTED.

SATURDAY...THE RISK OF MINOR FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND WEST OF THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.

SUNDAY...THE RISK OF MINOR FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE RELEGATED ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE
FROM GALLUP TO CHAMA...INCLUDING FARMINGTON AND THE FOUR CORNERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FRIDAY DUE TO A SOMEWHAT HIGHER POTENTIAL
FOR FLASH FLOODING ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.
PLEASE PROVIDE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:46 PM MDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 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 29, 6:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	23 min
Jul 29, 6:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	118 min
Jul 29, 6:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	50 min
Jul 29, 6:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	96 min
Jul 29, 8:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan	2 hr
Jul 29, 10:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan	3 hr
Jul 30, 4:55 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ		4 days
Jul 30, 12:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe	2 hr
Jul 30, 12:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	115 min
Jul 30, 12:54 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe	81 min
Jul 30, 1:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	2 hr
Jul 30, 1:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	119 min
Jul 30, 1:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	113 min
Jul 30, 2:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance	2 hr
Jul 30, 2:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, San Juan	2 hr
Jul 30, 2:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	114 min
Jul 30, 3:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	42 min
Jul 30, 3:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan	113 min
Jul 30, 3:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	2 hr
Jul 30, 4:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	44 min
Jul 30, 4:17 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba, San Juan	118 min
Jul 30, 4:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	47 min
Jul 30, 4:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Taos	2 hr
Jul 30, 4:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		31 min
Jul 30, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	23 min
Jul 30, 5:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Juan	2 hr
Jul 30, 5:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan	118 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2010 Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.