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Flash Flood Warning 124, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 16, 2023Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2023, 3:37 PM MDT for Lincoln 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
Sep 16, 2023, 3:37 PM MDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2023, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

County Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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 Sep 16, 3:02 PM MDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 3:02 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 6:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay31 min
Sep 15, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding32 min
Sep 15, 7:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding29 min
Sep 15, 7:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel48 min
Sep 15, 7:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ30 min
Sep 15, 8:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca31 min
Sep 15, 8:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves63 min
Sep 15, 8:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay28 min
Sep 15, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay50 min
Sep 15, 9:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry25 min
Sep 15, 9:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay44 min
Sep 15, 9:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Roosevelt42 min
Sep 15, 9:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca26 min
Sep 15, 9:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca, Roosevelt63 min
Sep 15, 10:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABQChaves31 min
Sep 15, 10:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry29 min
Sep 15, 10:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ31 min
Sep 15, 10:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Roosevelt55 min
Sep 15, 10:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry, Roosevelt3 hr
Sep 15, 11:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt31 min
Sep 16, 1:34 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ26 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.