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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 5, 2023Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this river flood warning at May 5, 2023, 6:49 AM MDT for Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. It was in force for 17 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2023, 6:49 AM MDT (12:49 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2023, 7:00 AM MDT
In force: 17 days
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Rio Arriba County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 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 river 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 river flood warning went out at May 4, 2:28 PM MDT, 16 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:28 PM MDT, 16 hours 21 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
May 5, 1:25 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Lincoln, Mora, San Miguel, Union	18 hr
May 5, 3:04 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 11 more	35 hr
May 5, 8:57 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba	10 days
May 5, 1:54 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca and 18 more	30 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2023 Every river flood warning in 2023

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.