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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 31, 2010Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2010, 10:26 PM MDT for 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 31, 2010, 10:26 PM MDT (04:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2010, 12:30 AM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County 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 31, 3:16 PM MDT, 7 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 3:16 PM MDT, 7 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 5:49 AM MDT, 16 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
549 AM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010

NMZ501>540-011200-
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-
549 AM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN NEW
MEXICO WITHIN A DEEP PLUME OF MONSOON MOISTURE ENHANCING THE
POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. IN
ADDITION...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL
PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SUNDAY...THE MONSOON MOISTURE SURGE MAY LINGER OVER THE WESTERN AND
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST PLATEAU...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAIN AMOUNTS AND FLASH FLOODING THROUGH
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ
OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 31, 5:02 PM MDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 31, 8:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 31, 8:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 31, 9:23 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 31, 9:33 PM MDT, 53 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 31, 6:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, Socorro, Valencia	76 min
Jul 31, 7:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	115 min
Jul 31, 7:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	82 min
Jul 31, 8:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola	113 min
Jul 31, 8:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	90 min
Jul 31, 8:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	110 min
Jul 31, 8:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance	94 min
Jul 31, 9:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	110 min
Jul 31, 10:02 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Sandoval	118 min
Jul 31, 10:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	3 hr
Jul 31, 10:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	66 min
Jul 31, 11:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	3 hr
Aug 1, 12:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	2 hr
Aug 1, 1:27 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	108 min
Aug 1, 2:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, Socorro, Valencia	112 min
Aug 1, 2:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	113 min
Aug 1, 3:10 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Catron, Cibola	2 hr
Aug 1, 3:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	83 min
Aug 1, 3:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance	78 min
Aug 1, 3:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	111 min
Aug 1, 4:10 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe	100 min
Aug 1, 4:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, McKinley	2 hr
Aug 1, 5:15 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	McKinley	2 hr
Aug 1, 5:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	95 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.