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Flash Flood Warning 118, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 10, 2024Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2024, 12:39 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 7 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: Jul 10, 2024, 12:39 PM MDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2024, 7:45 PM MDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Emergency: Flash flood emergency
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 18:39 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 Jul 10, 11:39 AM MDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 11:39 AM MDT, 1 hour before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 9:11 AM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 10:36 AM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 12:08 PM MDT, 31 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
Jul 9, 6:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	37 min
Jul 9, 6:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay, San Miguel	30 min
Jul 9, 7:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	33 min
Jul 9, 7:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay	45 min
Jul 9, 7:25 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 9, 7:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt	36 min
Jul 9, 8:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt	26 min
Jul 9, 8:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca, Roosevelt	32 min
Jul 9, 9:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	51 min
Jul 10, 12:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	22 min
Jul 10, 12:57 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 10, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	24 min
Jul 10, 2:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	40 min
Jul 10, 2:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		35 min
Jul 10, 4:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln	18 min
Jul 10, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
Jul 10, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	43 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.