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Flash Flood Warning 108, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 26, 2023Mora County, Taos County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2023, 1:07 PM MDT for Mora County, Taos County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 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 26, 2023, 1:07 PM MDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2023, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

Counties Mora County, NM, Taos County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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 Aug 25, 2:39 PM MDT, 22 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 2:39 PM MDT, 22 hours 28 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 25, 8:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	3 hr
Aug 25, 9:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance, Valencia	3 hr
Aug 26, 2:56 AM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 3 more	18 hr
Aug 26, 1:09 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	4 hr
Aug 26, 2:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2023 Every flash flood warning in 2023

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.