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Flash Flood Warning 227, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 24, 2024Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 24, 2024, 5:42 PM MDT for Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 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
Aug 24, 2024, 5:42 PM MDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2024, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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 Aug 24, 5:38 PM MDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 5:38 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 3:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
353 PM MDT Sat Aug 24 2024

NMZ206-207-219-242230-
West Central Highlands-West Central Mountains-Middle Rio Grande
Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area-
353 PM MDT Sat Aug 24 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CIBOLA...EAST
CENTRAL MCKINLEY...NORTHWESTERN VALENCIA...SOUTH CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND
BERNALILLO COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM MDT...

At 352 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Mesita, or 9 miles east of Laguna Pueblo, moving north at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Laguna Pueblo, Mesita, Cebolletita, Marquez, New Laguna, Tohajiilee,
Paguate, Bibo, Seboyeta, and Encinal.

This includes Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 111 and 133.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If threatening weather approaches your area, take shelter in a sturdy
building.

Motorists can expect brief but sudden changes in visibility and
ponding of water on highways as storms move through the area.

&&

LAT...LON 3489 10713 3494 10746 3539 10735 3526 10691
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 198DEG 33KT 3499 10721

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 24, 4:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
408 PM MDT Sat Aug 24 2024

NMZ207-218>222-224-242245-
West Central Highlands-Santa Fe Metro Area-Lower Rio Grande
Valley-Estancia Valley-South Central Highlands-Sandia/Manzano
Mountains Including Edgewood-Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque
Metro Area-
408 PM MDT Sat Aug 24 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT VALENCIA...SOUTHEASTERN
SANDOVAL...NORTHEASTERN SOCORRO...BERNALILLO AND SOUTHWESTERN
TORRANCE COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM MDT...

At 403 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking thunderstorms producing
strong outflow winds along a line extending from Rio Rancho
southward to near Bernardo and Lemitar. Movement was east at 35 mph.
Strong west winds will move into the Rio Grande Valley and the
Albuquerque metro area at around 4:30 PM MDT. Local blowing dust is
possible from these winds.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and blowing dust.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Los Lunas, Bernalillo, Belen, Valencia,
Corrales, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, Bosque Farms, and Mountainair.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 138 and 181.
 Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 163 and 245.
 Highway 550 between Mile Markers 1 and 5.
 Highway 60 between Mile Markers 166 and 207.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If threatening weather approaches your area, take shelter in a sturdy
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3535 10631 3426 10616 3421 10691 3535 10702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 285DEG 37KT 3519 10694 3445 10684

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 24, 4:51 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 24, 5:23 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 1:55 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryABQChaves18 hr
Aug 24, 3:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley3 hr
Aug 24, 3:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo37 min
Aug 24, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo, Valencia37 min
Aug 24, 4:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance39 min
Aug 24, 5:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe37 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.