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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 31, 2014

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood watch at Jul 31, 2014, 7:25 AM MDT. It took effect at Jul 31, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 2014, 7:25 AM MDT (13:25 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 31, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 31, 2014, 10:24 PM MDT
In force
10 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 31, 6:04 AM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 6:04 AM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 6:00 AM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT THU JUL 31 2014

NMZ501>540-011200-
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-
600 AM MDT THU JUL 31 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND FLASH FLOODING TODAY. MODELS PAINT SOME OF THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND
ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WEST CENTRAL AND JEMEZ MOUNTAINS. THE
FOCUS SHOULD THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT EAST SLOPES THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL MOVE
SLOWLY AND GENERALLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PASS SOUTHEASTWARD OVER
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO FRIDAY BRINGING THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR
FLASH FLOODING TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND ADJACENT EAST
SLOPES. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING SHOULD THEN SHIFT
WESTWARD OVER THE WEEKEND AS A SLOW MOVING SUBTROPICAL WAVE
MIGRATES NORTHWARD WEST OF NEW MEXICO STEERING A ROBUST MONSOON
MOISTURE PLUME OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE REGION.

.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
Jul 30, 6:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe26 min
Jul 30, 6:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTaos25 min
Jul 30, 6:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln2 hr
Jul 30, 6:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe27 min
Jul 30, 6:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln, Torrance113 min
Jul 30, 6:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe2 hr
Jul 30, 6:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance2 hr
Jul 30, 7:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo26 min
Jul 30, 7:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Sandoval112 min
Jul 30, 7:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo32 min
Jul 30, 7:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo35 min
Jul 30, 8:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Torrance39 min
Jul 30, 8:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Torrance111 min
Jul 30, 8:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Torrance, Valencia50 min
Jul 30, 8:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro, Torrance51 min
Jul 30, 9:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro, Torrance58 min
Jul 31, 12:37 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln, Socorro83 min
Jul 31, 1:25 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln, Socorro80 min
Jul 31, 2:15 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLincoln, Socorro3 hr
Jul 31, 3:02 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln88 min
Jul 31, 1:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe2 hr
Jul 31, 2:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTaos38 min
Jul 31, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRio Arriba, Taos34 min
Jul 31, 2:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTaos2 hr
Jul 31, 3:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Taos117 min
Jul 31, 3:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ38 min
Jul 31, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ46 min
Jul 31, 3:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTaos52 min
Jul 31, 3:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTaos51 min
Jul 31, 3:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola, Socorro114 min
Jul 31, 3:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Socorro111 min
Jul 31, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora33 min
Jul 31, 4:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval41 min
Jul 31, 4:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Sandoval2 hr
Jul 31, 4:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Sandoval113 min
Jul 31, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval49 min
Jul 31, 4:56 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCatron, Socorro109 min
Jul 31, 5:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Taos114 min
Jul 31, 5:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval2 hr
Jul 31, 5:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe2 hr
Jul 31, 5:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQRio Arriba, Santa Fe117 min
Jul 31, 5:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe2 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.