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Flash Flood Warning 132, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2022, 2:59 PM MDT for Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2022, 2:59 PM MDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2022, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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 warning 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 warning went out at Jul 29, 12:01 PM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 12:01 PM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:53 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
253 PM MDT Fri Jul 29 2022
NMZ228-292130-
Far Northeast Highlands-
253 PM MDT Fri Jul 29 2022
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN MORA COUNTY
THROUGH 330 PM MDT...
At 253 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wagon Mound, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Wagon Mound.
This includes Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 378 and 394.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If threatening weather approaches your area, take shelter in a sturdy
building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3594 10441 3584 10478 3594 10487 3595 10485
3598 10483 3600 10483 3618 10458
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 239DEG 13KT 3596 10472
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
40The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 7:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 7:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:53 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Quay | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 11:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:19 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:22 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel, Taos | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Mora | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley, Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:23 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Catron | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel, Taos | 8 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:52 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Socorro | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 3:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | McKinley | 23 min |
| Jul 29, 3:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 34 min | |
| Jul 29, 3:27 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Mora | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, Guadalupe, Quay | 118 min |
| Jul 29, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 3:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Socorro, Valencia | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 34 min |
| Jul 29, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 4:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay | 36 min |
| Jul 29, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 32 min |
| Jul 29, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 28 min |
| Jul 29, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 4:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Socorro, Torrance, Valencia | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 23 min |
| Jul 29, 4:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 4:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, Union | 15 min |
| Jul 29, 5:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 5:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 5:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 33 min |
| Jul 29, 5:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.