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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this river flood warning at May 5, 2023, 8:57 AM MDT for Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. It was in force for 10 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2023, 8:57 AM MDT (14:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2023, 7:41 AM MDT
- In force
- 10 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 14:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Chama near Chamita (CMTN5).
- Action stage
- 5.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 6 ft
- Moderate stage
- 8 ft
- Major stage
- 11.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08290000, 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 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, 18 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:28 PM MDT, 18 hours 29 minutes before
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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, 6:49 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 17 days |
| May 5, 1:54 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca and 18 more | 30 hr |
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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.