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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 26, 2023Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2023, 12:08 AM MDT for Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 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: May 26, 2023, 12:08 AM MDT (06:08 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2023, 2:30 AM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

Counties Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 226 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 733 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1397 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 May 25, 11:55 PM MDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 11:55 PM MDT, 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 9:23 PM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
923 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0917 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 SE TUCUMCARI          35.10N 103.61W
05/25/2023                   QUAY               NM   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN;
            SHINGLES BLOWN OFF.

&&

Local storm report, May 25, 9:47 PM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
947 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0752 PM     HAIL             5 N UTE LAKE STATE PARK 35.44N 103.50W
05/25/2023  E1.00 INCH       HARDING            NM   STORM CHASER

            TWITTER VIDEO SHOWING ESTIMATED QUARTER SIZE
            HAIL NORTHWEST OF LOGAN.

&&

Local storm report, May 25, 10:08 PM MDT, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1008 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1004 PM     HAIL             1 E TUCUMCARI           35.17N 103.71W
05/25/2023  E1.75 INCH       QUAY               NM   STORM CHASER

&&

RJH

Local storm report, May 25, 10:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1010 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0956 PM     HAIL             TUCUMCARI               35.16N 103.72W
05/25/2023  E1.00 INCH       QUAY               NM   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

44

Local storm report, May 25, 10:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1043 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1040 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 S TUCUMCARI           35.15N 103.72W
05/25/2023                   QUAY               NM   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: STREET/ROAD FLOODING;
            STREET/ROAD CLOSED; VEHICLES STRANDED.

&&

RJH

Local storm report, May 25, 10:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1051 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1047 PM     HAIL             5 N WHEATLAND           34.98N 103.36W
05/25/2023  M2.00 INCH       QUAY               NM   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: 2.00 IN.

&&

RJH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 6:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	3 hr
May 25, 6:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	31 min
May 25, 6:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	35 min
May 25, 6:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Mora	2 hr
May 25, 6:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora	61 min
May 25, 6:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay	59 min
May 25, 6:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	42 min
May 25, 7:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	30 min
May 25, 7:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	54 min
May 25, 7:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	3 hr
May 25, 7:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	30 min
May 25, 7:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	3 hr
May 25, 7:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora, San Miguel	64 min
May 25, 7:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Harding, Quay	62 min
May 25, 7:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	27 min
May 25, 7:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Quay	54 min
May 25, 7:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	45 min
May 25, 7:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	48 min
May 25, 8:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
May 25, 8:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	25 min
May 25, 8:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	13 min
May 25, 8:22 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Union	15 min
May 25, 8:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	37 min
May 25, 8:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	63 min
May 25, 8:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	45 min
May 25, 9:06 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Quay	3 hr
May 25, 9:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	33 min
May 25, 9:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay, San Miguel	45 min
May 25, 9:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	45 min
May 25, 9:17 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	3 hr
May 25, 9:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Union	3 hr
May 25, 9:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	59 min
May 25, 9:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	39 min
May 25, 9:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ABQ	Quay, San Miguel	48 min
May 25, 10:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay, San Miguel	3 hr
May 25, 10:15 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Quay, San Miguel	3 hr
May 25, 10:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	57 min
May 25, 10:31 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	3 hr
May 25, 10:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Curry, Quay	65 min
May 25, 11:24 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
May 25, 11:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel	62 min
May 25, 11:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Curry, Quay	61 min
May 26, 12:44 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel	61 min
May 26, 1:18 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	57 min
May 26, 1:28 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	3 hr
May 26, 1:45 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	60 min
May 26, 2:14 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	61 min
May 26, 2:58 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	17 min
May 26, 3:04 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	56 min
May 26, 3:11 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	64 min
May 26, 3:54 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	3 hr
May 26, 4:55 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	35 min
May 26, 7:01 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel	3 hr
May 26, 12:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	34 min
May 26, 12:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	28 min
May 26, 1:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	28 min
May 26, 1:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance	66 min
May 26, 1:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	32 min
May 26, 2:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance	43 min
May 26, 2:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	23 min
May 26, 2:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	24 min
May 26, 2:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe, Torrance	50 min
May 26, 2:32 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Torrance	118 min
May 26, 2:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	25 min
May 26, 3:13 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	San Miguel, Torrance	47 min
May 26, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Torrance	65 min
May 26, 3:51 PM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Curry, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel	32 hr
May 26, 3:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	37 min
May 26, 4:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	30 min
May 26, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	61 min
May 26, 4:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	44 min
May 26, 4:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	66 min
May 26, 5:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	57 min
May 26, 5:12 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Torrance	33 min
May 26, 5:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	40 min
May 26, 5:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	30 min
May 26, 5:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	44 min
May 26, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	44 min
May 26, 5:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	28 min
May 26, 5:50 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.