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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 22, 2012

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2012, 3:42 PM MDT. It was in force for 48 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 22, 2012, 3:42 PM MDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2012, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 22, 3:31 PM MDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 3:31 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 5:49 AM MDT, 9 hours 53 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.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 3:42 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 6:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln2 hr
Aug 21, 6:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro115 min
Aug 22, 3:53 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchABQ20 hr
Aug 22, 3:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola, Socorro117 min
Aug 22, 4:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel2 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Mexico, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

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.