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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 11, 2013Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this river flood warning at Sep 11, 2013, 8:02 AM MDT for Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It took effect at Sep 11, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2013, 8:02 AM MDT (14:02 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 11, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Sep 11, 2013, 6:18 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The river

Written for the forecast point Rio Hondo above Roswell (DARN5). The gauge peaked at 25.83 ft at Sep 11, 2013, 9:00 AM MDT.

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Action stage
25 ft
Minor stage
26 ft
Moderate stage
27 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08390500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Sep 11, 5:53 AM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 5:53 AM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 5:08 AM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
508 AM MDT WED SEP 11 2013

NMZ501>540-121115-
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-
508 AM MDT WED SEP 11 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN
PLAINS AND THE BURN SCARS IN THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS...SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS...GILA MOUNTAINS AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND THE BURN SCARS IN THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS...SANGRE
DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...GILA MOUNTAINS AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS
THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY FLOODING
THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 7:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln, Socorro112 min
Sep 10, 7:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora, San Miguel2 hr
Sep 10, 10:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln116 min
Sep 11, 2:30 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel4 hr
Sep 11, 2:37 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, De Baca4 hr
Sep 11, 6:55 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel5 hr
Sep 11, 8:52 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningABQChaves, De Baca4 hr
Sep 11, 9:02 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union4 hr
Sep 11, 9:41 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningABQChaves, Curry, Roosevelt13 hr
Sep 11, 10:21 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln3 hr
Sep 11, 12:57 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningABQChaves, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln9 hr
Sep 11, 1:06 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningABQCurry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel and 1 more9 hr
Sep 11, 2:49 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchABQ3 days
Sep 11, 4:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe24 min
Sep 11, 4:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance2 hr
Sep 11, 5:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQTorrance2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.