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Flash Flood Warning 128, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 2, 2023Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Oct 2, 2023, 12:59 AM MDT for Mora County, San Miguel 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: Oct 2, 2023, 12:59 AM MDT (06:59 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 2023, 4:00 AM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

Counties Mora County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 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 Oct 2, 12:01 AM MDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 12:01 AM MDT, 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 1, 9:12 PM MDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 1, 9:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 1, 9:43 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 1, 9:48 PM MDT, 3 hours 11 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
Oct 1, 6:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	35 min
Oct 1, 6:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	54 min
Oct 1, 9:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	33 min
Oct 1, 9:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	26 min
Oct 1, 9:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	32 min
Oct 1, 9:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	27 min
Oct 2, 10:56 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	9 hr
Oct 2, 11:39 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	36 min
Oct 2, 12:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	37 min
Oct 2, 12:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	35 min
Oct 2, 1:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	39 min
Oct 2, 1:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	31 min
Oct 2, 1:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	52 min
Oct 2, 1:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	61 min
Oct 2, 2:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	28 min
Oct 2, 2:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	37 min
Oct 2, 2:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	31 min
Oct 2, 2:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	26 min
Oct 2, 2:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Oct 2, 2:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	30 min
Oct 2, 2:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	54 min
Oct 2, 2:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	3 hr
Oct 2, 2:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	32 min
Oct 2, 3:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	29 min
Oct 2, 3:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lea	25 min
Oct 2, 3:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, Roosevelt	28 min
Oct 2, 3:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Chaves	61 min
Oct 2, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	61 min
Oct 2, 3:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora, Union	54 min
Oct 2, 3:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	36 min
Oct 2, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	34 min
Oct 2, 4:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	53 min
Oct 2, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	68 min
Oct 2, 4:32 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	16 min
Oct 2, 4:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Oct 2, 4:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora, Union	53 min
Oct 2, 4:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	33 min
Oct 2, 4:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	31 min
Oct 2, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	28 min
Oct 2, 5:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	21 min
Oct 2, 5:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	43 min
Oct 2, 5:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	28 min
Oct 2, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	37 min
Oct 2, 5:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	25 min
Oct 2, 5:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	37 min
Oct 2, 5:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	62 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.