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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 20, 2011Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2011, 10:28 PM MDT for Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 20, 2011, 10:28 PM MDT (04:28 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2011, 11:00 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Curry County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 20, 6:03 PM MDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 10:28 PM MDT, 0 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
Aug 20, 6:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	27 min
Aug 20, 6:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding	85 min
Aug 21, 12:49 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	89 min
Aug 21, 1:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	2 hr
Aug 21, 1:56 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Catron	2 hr
Aug 21, 2:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	2 hr
Aug 21, 2:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	115 min
Aug 21, 2:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	2 hr
Aug 21, 3:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	111 min
Aug 21, 3:21 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	114 min
Aug 21, 3:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	118 min
Aug 21, 3:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	52 min
Aug 21, 4:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Santa Fe	93 min
Aug 21, 4:30 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Torrance	2 hr
Aug 21, 4:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance	87 min
Aug 21, 4:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance	3 hr
Aug 21, 5:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	119 min
Aug 21, 5:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 21, 5:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe	94 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.