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Flash Flood Warning 243, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 29, 2024Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2024, 4:02 PM MDT for Lincoln 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 29, 2024, 4:02 PM MDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2024, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
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 22:04 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 28, 5:48 PM MDT, 22 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 5:48 PM MDT, 22 hours 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 3:48 AM MDTFlood WatchABQColfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos16 hr
Aug 29, 1:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves19 min
Aug 29, 2:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLincoln3 hr
Aug 29, 2:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves3 hr
Aug 29, 2:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSanta Fe3 hr
Aug 29, 3:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca36 min
Aug 29, 4:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQChaves, Lincoln3 hr
Aug 29, 4:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry113 min
Aug 29, 4:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQQuay2 hr
Aug 29, 4:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay24 min
Aug 29, 4:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQQuay3 hr
Aug 29, 5:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQUnion3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2024Every flash flood warning in 2024

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.