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Flash Flood Warning 229, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 25, 2024Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2024, 1:46 PM MDT for Mora 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: Aug 25, 2024, 1:46 PM MDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2024, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Mora County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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 25, 11:32 AM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 11:32 AM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 1:20 PM MDT, 26 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
Aug 24, 6:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	2 hr
Aug 24, 6:14 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	2 hr
Aug 24, 11:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	23 min
Aug 25, 2:11 AM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos	18 hr
Aug 25, 1:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	40 min
Aug 25, 1:46 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 25, 1:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Juan	36 min
Aug 25, 2:00 PM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Lincoln, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 1 more	34 hr
Aug 25, 2:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	28 min
Aug 25, 2:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	25 min
Aug 25, 2:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Juan	10 min
Aug 25, 2:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	28 min
Aug 25, 2:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	35 min
Aug 25, 3:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	45 min
Aug 25, 3:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	43 min
Aug 25, 4:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos	2 hr
Aug 25, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	41 min

Nearby

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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.