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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 26, 2014

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood watch at Jul 26, 2014, 3:25 PM MDT. It took effect at Jul 27, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2014, 3:25 PM MDT (21:25 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 27, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 28, 2014, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
12 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 Jul 26, 11:59 AM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 11:59 AM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 5:35 AM MDT, 9 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
535 AM MDT SAT JUL 26 2014

NMZ501>540-271200-
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-
535 AM MDT SAT JUL 26 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FAVOR NORTHERN
AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
NORTHEAST. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

AN INCREASE IN STORMS IS EXPECTED SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE
NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT OF NEW MEXICO WHERE STORMS WILL PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING...SMALL
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.

ANOTHER INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND STORMS IS THEN EXPECTED DURING THE
MIDDLE TO LATTER PARTS OF NEXT WEEK WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AND FLOODING REPORTS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637 OR VIA
THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ. SPOTTERS CAN ALSO SUBMIT WEATHER REPORTS
AND PHOTOS TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR VIA TWITTER USING THE HASHTAG N M
W X.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 1:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval3 hr
Jul 26, 5:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union116 min
Jul 26, 5:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel35 min

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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.