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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 2, 2022Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2022, 9:16 PM MDT for Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 104 min. 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 2, 2022, 9:16 PM MDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2022, 11:00 PM MDT
In force: 104 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Sandoval County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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 2, 5:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 5:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 5:16 PM MDT, 4 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
516 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0514 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NE LEDOUX             35.93N 105.35W
07/02/2022                   MORA               NM   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 94 AT MILE MARKER 15.5 IMPASSABLE
            DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.

&&

CA

Local storm report, Jul 2, 5:16 PM MDT, 4 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
516 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2022

...CORRECTED TO APPROXIMATE TIME OF FLASH FLOOD...

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NE LEDOUX             35.93N 105.35W
07/02/2022                   MORA               NM   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 94 AT MILE MARKER 15.5 IMPASSABLE
            DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.

&&

CA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 12:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	25 min
Jul 3, 12:50 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Catron	115 min
Jul 3, 1:04 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Jul 3, 1:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	3 hr
Jul 3, 1:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	33 min
Jul 3, 2:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	36 min
Jul 3, 2:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	36 min
Jul 3, 2:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	34 min
Jul 3, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	33 min
Jul 3, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
Jul 3, 4:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	26 min
Jul 3, 4:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	29 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.