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River Flood Advisory 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 19, 2023Los Alamos County, Rio Arriba County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this river flood advisory at May 19, 2023, 7:52 AM MDT for Los Alamos County, Rio Arriba County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2023, 7:52 AM MDT (13:52 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2023, 8:16 AM MDT
In force
12 days
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Rio Grande at Embudo (EMBN5). The gauge peaked at 9.25 ft at May 22, 2023, 8:00 AM MDT.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08279500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood advisory 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 river flood advisory went out at May 19, 6:17 AM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:17 AM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 4:00 AM MDTFlood WatchABQColfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 3 more17 hr
May 19, 8:53 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance, Valencia3 hr
May 19, 9:45 AM MDTRiver Flood AdvisoryABQSan Juan17 days
May 19, 9:47 AM MDTRiver Flood AdvisoryABQSan Juan21 days
May 19, 9:50 AM MDTRiver Flood AdvisoryABQSan Juan17 days
May 19, 11:13 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Santa Fe2 hr
May 19, 1:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ24 min
May 19, 1:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia32 min
May 19, 1:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca33 min
May 19, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca68 min
May 19, 2:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley3 hr
May 19, 3:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABQChaves, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt65 min
May 19, 3:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCibola34 min
May 19, 3:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCibola3 hr
May 19, 3:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves25 min
May 19, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves32 min
May 19, 4:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Juan29 min
May 19, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia32 min
May 19, 4:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt28 min
May 19, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves31 min
May 19, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Roosevelt44 min
May 19, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves27 min
May 19, 4:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ26 min
May 19, 4:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola3 hr
May 19, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABQChaves44 min
May 19, 5:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt26 min
May 19, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia24 min
May 19, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABQRoosevelt30 min
May 19, 5:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro49 min
May 19, 5:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ33 min
May 19, 5:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves29 min
May 19, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo26 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.