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Flash Flood Warning 217, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 17, 2022Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 2022, 6:43 PM MDT for Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 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: Aug 17, 2022, 6:43 PM MDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2022, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Sandoval County, NM

The radar

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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 Aug 17, 5:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 5:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 2:24 PM MDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 6:37 PM MDT, 6 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
Aug 17, 6:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	118 min
Aug 17, 6:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	33 min
Aug 17, 6:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	38 min
Aug 17, 6:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	118 min
Aug 17, 7:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 17, 7:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 17, 7:46 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 17, 9:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	3 hr
Aug 18, 1:58 AM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Catron, Lincoln, Socorro	20 hr
Aug 18, 11:41 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 18, 1:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Torrance, Valencia	2 hr
Aug 18, 2:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	3 hr
Aug 18, 3:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Aug 18, 4:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca	2 hr

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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.