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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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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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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</html>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. 44
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 2:02 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 6:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 29 min |
| Sep 4, 7:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 27 min |
| Sep 4, 7:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 29 min |
| Sep 4, 8:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 12:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt | 86 min |
| Sep 5, 12:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 114 min |
| Sep 5, 1:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley | 119 min |
| Sep 5, 2:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry | 115 min |
| Sep 5, 2:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Santa Fe | 115 min |
| Sep 5, 4:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 113 min |
| Sep 5, 5:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves | 116 min |
| Sep 5, 5:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.