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Flash Flood Warning 120, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 17, 2013San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 17, 2013, 2:21 AM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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: Sep 17, 2013, 2:21 AM MDT (08:21 UTC)
Expired: Sep 17, 2013, 5:15 AM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 16, 11:49 PM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 11:49 PM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 16, 10:54 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 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
Sep 17, 1:28 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Sep 17, 6:17 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	6 hr
Sep 17, 10:13 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	6 hr
Sep 17, 4:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr

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.