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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 5, 2018Curry County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Sep 5, 2018, 2:02 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 2018, 2:02 PM MDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2018, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Curry County, NM

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Sep 5, 11:52 AM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 11:52 AM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 4:49 AM MDT, 9 hours 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
449 AM MDT Wed Sep 5 2018

NMZ501>540-061100-
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 Cristos above 9500 feet/Red River-
Southern Sangre de Cristos above 9500 feet-
East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Upper Rio Grande Valley-
Lower Chama River Valley-Santa Fe Metro Area-
Middle Rio Grande Valley/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-
449 AM MDT Wed Sep 5 2018

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central
New Mexico.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A moist back door front will help produce scattered-to-numerous
showers and thunderstorms today and tonight. Some storms will be
capable of producing locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding,
especially along and east of the central mountain chain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Thursday and Thursday night, the risk of locally heavy rainfall and
flash flooding will return mainly along and east of the central
mountain chain.

Sunday and Monday afternoons and evenings, isolated strong to severe
thunderstorms will be possible along and east of the Sangre de Cristo
Mountains.

.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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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 5, 2:02 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 6:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay29 min
Sep 4, 7:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay27 min
Sep 4, 7:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry29 min
Sep 4, 8:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry29 min
Sep 5, 12:49 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt86 min
Sep 5, 12:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax114 min
Sep 5, 1:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley119 min
Sep 5, 2:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry115 min
Sep 5, 2:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley2 hr
Sep 5, 2:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Santa Fe115 min
Sep 5, 4:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Lincoln113 min
Sep 5, 5:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves116 min
Sep 5, 5:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval2 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Mexico, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018

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.