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Flash Flood Warning 142, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 18, 2024San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2024, 4:23 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 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 18, 2024, 4:23 PM MDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2024, 8:37 PM MDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County San Miguel County, NM

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 18, 3:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 3:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:04 PM MDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 3:57 PM MDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:02 PM MDT, 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
Jul 17, 7:07 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 17, 7:46 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	3 hr
Jul 18, 12:17 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	28 min
Jul 18, 12:29 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	31 min
Jul 18, 3:13 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	32 min
Jul 18, 3:49 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	26 min
Jul 18, 1:33 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	7 hr
Jul 18, 1:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	32 min
Jul 18, 2:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	26 min
Jul 18, 2:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	51 min
Jul 18, 2:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Jul 18, 2:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Taos	23 min
Jul 18, 2:24 PM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Colfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba and 7 more	36 hr
Jul 18, 2:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora	3 hr
Jul 18, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	33 min
Jul 18, 3:14 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	5 hr
Jul 18, 3:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	3 hr
Jul 18, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	28 min
Jul 18, 4:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	57 min
Jul 18, 4:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	30 min
Jul 18, 5:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	30 min
Jul 18, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	28 min
Jul 18, 5:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 18, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		36 min
Jul 18, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel, Torrance	60 min
Jul 18, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	29 min
Jul 18, 5:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe	5 min
Jul 18, 5:29 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 18, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	45 min
Jul 18, 5:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Sandoval	3 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.