Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Watches in 2012
Flash Flood Watch 11, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood watch at Aug 23, 2012, 3:46 AM MDT. It took effect at Aug 23, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2012, 3:46 AM MDT (09:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 23, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2012, 9:02 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Flood severity
- None
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Aug 23, 3:25 AM MDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 3:25 AM MDT, 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 5:49 AM MDT, 21 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 549 AM MDT WED AUG 22 2012 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- 549 AM MDT WED AUG 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...WHERE LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. AREAS SURROUNDING THE LAS CONCHAS...WHITEWATER BALDY...LITTLE BEAR...AND WHITE BURN SCARS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. STORMS IN THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL BE MORE SPARSE TODAY AND THIS EVENING...HOWEVER SOME STRONG AND PERHAPS SEVERE CELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN IMPACT MUCH OF THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO ON THURSDAY. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637 OR VIA THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ. 52
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 7:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 119 min |
| Aug 22, 8:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 33 min | |
| Aug 22, 8:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 1:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 85 min |
| Aug 23, 2:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 84 min |
| Aug 23, 2:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 110 min |
| Aug 23, 2:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 94 min |
| Aug 23, 3:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 114 min |
| Aug 23, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 4:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 5:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | De Baca | 114 min |
| Aug 23, 5:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 116 min |
| Aug 23, 5:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 2 hr |
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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.