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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 20, 2022Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this river flood warning at Aug 20, 2022, 6:00 PM MDT for Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 20, 2022, 6:00 PM MDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Aug 21, 2022, 1:45 AM MDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rio Hondo above Roswell (DARN5). The gauge peaked at 26.48 ft at Aug 20, 2022, 11:00 PM MDT.

Action stage: 25 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08390500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Aug 20, 5:23 PM MDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 5:23 PM MDT, 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 20, 5:12 PM MDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 5:41 PM MDT, 19 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 20, 6:12 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	3 hr
Aug 20, 7:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		28 min
Aug 20, 7:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	3 hr
Aug 20, 7:41 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	41 hr
Aug 20, 7:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	12 hr
Aug 20, 8:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	92 min
Aug 20, 9:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	114 min
Aug 20, 9:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	3 hr
Aug 21, 2:12 AM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 3 more	20 hr
Aug 21, 1:31 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	5 days
Aug 21, 3:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Aug 21, 4:21 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Sandoval	3 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.