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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 23, 2010Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 23, 2010, 12:22 AM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 113 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: Sep 23, 2010, 12:22 AM MDT (06:22 UTC)
Expired: Sep 23, 2010, 2:15 AM MDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Sep 22, 2:53 PM MDT, 9 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 2:53 PM MDT, 9 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 6:00 AM MDT, 18 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT WED SEP 22 2010

NMZ501>540-231200-
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-
600 AM MDT WED SEP 22 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND
TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO. HEAVY RAINS PRODUCED
BY SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF
FLASH FLOODING. SOME OF THESE HEAVY RAINS MAY SPREAD INTO
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO LATER THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WEATHER CAN
CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND
WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
ALBUQUERQUE TO REPORT FLOODING. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
RAINFALL AMOUNTS VIA THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB
SITE OR BY CALLING 1-888-386-7637.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 22, 6:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	86 min
Sep 22, 6:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel	81 min
Sep 22, 6:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia	113 min
Sep 22, 6:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	92 min
Sep 22, 6:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Santa Fe	112 min
Sep 22, 7:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	35 min
Sep 22, 7:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel	115 min
Sep 22, 8:03 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Torrance, Valencia	87 min
Sep 22, 10:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union	117 min
Sep 22, 10:43 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union	2 hr
Sep 22, 11:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	119 min
Sep 22, 11:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Torrance	2 hr
Sep 23, 12:32 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	118 min
Sep 23, 12:44 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	2 hr
Sep 23, 2:13 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	92 min
Sep 23, 2:33 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	3 hr
Sep 23, 2:47 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	118 min
Sep 23, 3:28 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ		9 hr
Sep 23, 4:25 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln and 4 more	110 min
Sep 23, 6:26 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt	2 hr

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.