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Flash Flood Warning 125, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 30, 2023San Miguel County, New Mexico

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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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

CA
Special 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

CA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 6:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves36 min
Sep 30, 1:25 AM MDTWind AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola, Colfax, Harding, McKinley, Mora and 4 more18 hr
Sep 30, 1:29 AM MDTFlood WatchABQColfax, Lincoln, Mora, San Miguel29 hr
Sep 30, 1:51 AM MDTRed Flag WarningABQCibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan17 hr
Sep 30, 1:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe25 min
Sep 30, 2:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax27 min
Sep 30, 2:42 PM MDTFire Weather WatchABQCibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan12 hr
Sep 30, 3:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax27 min
Sep 30, 3:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe24 min
Sep 30, 3:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax48 min
Sep 30, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln29 min
Sep 30, 3:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe3 hr
Sep 30, 3:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln3 hr
Sep 30, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln30 min
Sep 30, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax27 min
Sep 30, 4:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos31 min
Sep 30, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln58 min
Sep 30, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves60 min
Sep 30, 5:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Lincoln3 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.