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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 24, 202014 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood watch at Jul 24, 2020, 10:47 AM MDT for 14 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jul 24, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 24, 2020, 10:47 AM MDT (16:47 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 24, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jul 25, 2020, 12:00 AM MDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Flood severity: None

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Los Alamos County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 1 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 24, 6:00 AM MDT, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 6:00 AM MDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 3:08 AM MDT, 7 hours 39 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 6:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	37 min
Jul 24, 2:14 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	106 min
Jul 24, 2:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
Jul 24, 2:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Jul 24, 3:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia	2 hr
Jul 24, 3:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	23 min
Jul 24, 4:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 24, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	24 min
Jul 24, 5:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 24, 5:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	113 min
Jul 24, 5:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	36 min

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.