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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 5, 2023Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2023, 1:16 PM MDT for Lincoln 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: Jun 5, 2023, 1:16 PM MDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2023, 3:31 PM MDT
In force: 2 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 19:17 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 Jun 5, 11:55 AM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 11:55 AM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:34 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:34 PM MDT, 42 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
Jun 4, 7:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	27 min
Jun 4, 8:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel	3 hr
Jun 4, 8:54 PM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 3 more	24 hr
Jun 4, 10:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay	3 hr
Jun 4, 10:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	27 min
Jun 5, 12:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	26 min
Jun 5, 12:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	26 min
Jun 5, 1:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	23 min
Jun 5, 1:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		28 min
Jun 5, 1:59 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel, Taos	3 hr
Jun 5, 2:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	33 min
Jun 5, 2:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jun 5, 2:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	24 min
Jun 5, 3:18 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	29 min
Jun 5, 5:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	22 min
Jun 5, 5:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	31 min
Jun 5, 5:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	23 min
Jun 5, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	35 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.