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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 3, 2022Cibola County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2022, 12:04 PM MST for Cibola 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 3, 2022, 12:04 PM MST (19:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2022, 3:00 PM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Cibola County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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 3, 11:59 AM MST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 11:59 AM MST, 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 11:35 AM MST, 29 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 2, 8:16 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Sandoval	104 min
Jul 3, 11:35 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	25 min
Jul 3, 11:50 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Catron	115 min
Jul 3, 12:17 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	3 hr
Jul 3, 12:57 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	33 min
Jul 3, 1:09 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	36 min
Jul 3, 1:39 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	36 min
Jul 3, 1:56 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	34 min
Jul 3, 1:57 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	33 min
Jul 3, 2:48 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
Jul 3, 3:04 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	26 min
Jul 3, 3:31 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	29 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.