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Flash Flood Warning 159, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 20, 2024De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2024, 8:57 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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 20, 2024, 8:57 PM MDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2024, 12:00 AM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County De Baca County, NM

The radar

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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 20, 5:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 5:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 20, 3:56 PM MDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 5:17 PM MDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:21 PM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:37 PM MDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 7:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 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 20, 6:02 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 20, 6:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	23 min
Jul 20, 6:46 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	3 hr
Jul 20, 7:40 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Valencia	3 hr
Jul 20, 7:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	37 min
Jul 21, 2:50 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	115 min
Jul 21, 3:00 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora	3 hr
Jul 21, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		28 min
Jul 21, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	45 min
Jul 21, 3:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		42 min
Jul 21, 3:35 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Rio Arriba	3 hr
Jul 21, 3:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	47 min
Jul 21, 3:58 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 21, 4:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 21, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	24 min
Jul 21, 5:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	25 min
Jul 21, 5:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	22 min
Jul 21, 5:36 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Torrance, Valencia	3 hr
Jul 21, 5:37 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba	3 hr
Jul 21, 5:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	3 hr
Jul 21, 5:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	26 min
Jul 21, 5:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	24 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.