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Flash Flood Warning 125, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 30, 2023, 2:40 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 6 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 30, 2023, 2:40 PM MDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2023, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
County San Miguel County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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 30, 11:46 AM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 11:46 AM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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</html>In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 1:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
135 PM MDT Sat Sep 30 2023
NMZ212-214-218-302000-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Santa Fe Metro Area-Glorieta Mesa
Including Glorieta Pass-
135 PM MDT Sat Sep 30 2023
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTY THROUGH
200 PM MDT...
At 134 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Eldorado At Santa Fe, or 12 miles south of Santa Fe, moving northeast
at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Santa Fe, Eldorado At Santa Fe, Canada De Los Alamos, Lamy, Glorieta,
Galisteo, Tesuque, and Agua Fria.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 276 and 302, and near Mile Marker
307.
Highway 285 between Mile Markers 281 and 290.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If threatening weather approaches your area, take shelter in a sturdy
building.
Accumulations of small hail on roads can create very slick and
hazardous driving conditions.
&&
LAT...LON 3537 10603 3553 10612 3575 10592 3550 10567
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 235DEG 23KT 3550 10597
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
CASpecial weather statement, Sep 30, 2:18 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
218 PM MDT Sat Sep 30 2023
NMZ215-228-302045-
Far Northeast Highlands-East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
218 PM MDT Sat Sep 30 2023
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY THROUGH
245 PM MDT...
At 218 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Cimarron, or 17 miles northwest of Springer, moving northeast at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Cimarron and Philmont Scout Ranch.
This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 306 and 324.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If threatening weather approaches your area, take shelter in a sturdy
building.
Accumulations of small hail on roads can create very slick and
hazardous driving conditions.
&&
LAT...LON 3666 10477 3664 10477 3665 10476 3664 10474
3662 10472 3663 10471 3656 10459 3637 10483
3647 10501 3671 10487
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 213DEG 16KT 3650 10486
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
CAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 6:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 36 min |
| Sep 30, 1:25 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Harding, McKinley, Mora and 4 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 30, 1:29 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Lincoln, Mora, San Miguel | 29 hr |
| Sep 30, 1:51 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan | 17 hr |
| Sep 30, 1:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 25 min |
| Sep 30, 2:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 27 min |
| Sep 30, 2:42 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan | 12 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 27 min |
| Sep 30, 3:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 24 min |
| Sep 30, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 48 min |
| Sep 30, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Sep 30, 3:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Santa Fe | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Sep 30, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 27 min |
| Sep 30, 4:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 31 min |
| Sep 30, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 58 min |
| Sep 30, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 60 min |
| Sep 30, 5:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 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.