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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 21, 2022Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this river flood warning at Aug 21, 2022, 1:31 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It took effect at Aug 21, 2022, 3:30 PM MDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 2022, 1:31 PM MDT (19:31 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 21, 2022, 3:30 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 26, 2022, 1:51 PM MDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Chaves County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Pecos River above Lake Arthur (LATN5).

Action stage
17.5 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08395500, 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 21, 11:21 AM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 11:21 AM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 6:00 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningABQChaves, Lincoln8 hr
Aug 20, 6:12 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQChaves, De Baca3 hr
Aug 20, 7:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ28 min
Aug 20, 7:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, De Baca3 hr
Aug 20, 7:41 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningABQChaves41 hr
Aug 20, 7:58 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningABQChaves12 hr
Aug 20, 8:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves92 min
Aug 20, 9:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Roosevelt114 min
Aug 20, 9:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, De Baca3 hr
Aug 21, 2:12 AM MDTFlood WatchABQColfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 3 more20 hr
Aug 21, 3:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval3 hr
Aug 21, 4:21 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQSandoval3 hr

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.