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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 12, 2013Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this river flood warning at Sep 12, 2013, 9:06 AM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It took effect at Sep 12, 2013, 10:20 AM MDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 12, 2013, 9:06 AM MDT (15:06 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 12, 2013, 10:20 AM MDT
Expired: Sep 13, 2013, 4:27 PM MDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Flood severity: Minor

County Chaves County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 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 Pecos River below Acme (ACMN5). The gauge peaked at 14.02 ft at Sep 12, 2013, 8:00 PM MDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 14.5 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08386000, 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 12, 5:52 AM MDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 5:52 AM MDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 5:49 AM MDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
549 AM MDT THU SEP 12 2013

NMZ501>540-131200-
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 THU SEP 12 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE PROBABLE LATER THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT
MAINLY ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND
HIGHLANDS JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. LOCALIZED
AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN THESE AREAS...WITH THE
RECENT BURN SCARS AND MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND LOCALES DOWNSTREAM FROM
THESE AREAS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND PERHAPS INTO
SATURDAY ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...THOUGH COVERAGE
SHOULD BECOME A LITTLE LESS WIDESPREAD FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY.
LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN THESE AREAS...WITH
THE RECENT BURN SCARS AND MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND LOCALES DOWNSTREAM
FROM THESE AREA PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE.

.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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 11, 6:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	113 min
Sep 11, 6:08 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	19 hr
Sep 11, 7:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance	2 hr
Sep 11, 11:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	117 min
Sep 12, 1:05 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	4 hr
Sep 12, 1:09 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	4 hr
Sep 12, 9:41 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	6 hr
Sep 12, 11:51 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	5 hr
Sep 12, 12:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	4 hr
Sep 12, 12:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos	4 hr
Sep 12, 1:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	3 hr
Sep 12, 1:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	3 hr
Sep 12, 2:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	4 hr
Sep 12, 3:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe	3 hr
Sep 12, 3:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	2 hr
Sep 12, 3:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola	118 min
Sep 12, 3:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	6 hr
Sep 12, 4:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro, Valencia	3 hr
Sep 12, 5:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Socorro, Valencia	4 hr
Sep 12, 5:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Juan	113 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2013 Every 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.