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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 26, 2024Cibola County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2024, 5:26 PM MST for Cibola 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: Jun 26, 2024, 5:26 PM MST (00:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2024, 8:17 PM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Cibola County, NM

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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 Jun 26, 5:07 PM MST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 5:07 PM MST, 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:39 PM MST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
439 PM MDT Wed Jun 26 2024

NMZ237-262315-
De Baca County-
439 PM MDT Wed Jun 26 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN DE BACA COUNTY
THROUGH 515 PM MDT...

At 439 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles south of Fort Sumner. This storm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size 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...
Fort Sumner.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3417 10404 3416 10440 3449 10444 3450 10408
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 174DEG 2KT 3433 10426

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:47 PM MST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:10 PM MST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
510 PM MDT Wed Jun 26 2024

NMZ238-262345-
Chaves County Plains-
510 PM MDT Wed Jun 26 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY THROUGH
545 PM MDT...

At 509 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Bottomless Lakes State Park, or 12 miles east of Roswell, moving
southwest at 15 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. Blowing dust is possible from this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Roswell, Dexter, Hagerman, Bitter Lake Wildlife Refuge, Bottomless
Lakes State Park, Greenfield, and Midway.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3350 10434 3314 10405 3302 10443 3333 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 052DEG 13KT 3331 10433

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

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:38 PM MST, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:45 PM MST, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:18 PM MST, 8 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
Jun 26, 5:01 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	3 hr
Jun 26, 5:18 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	42 min
Jun 26, 5:35 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Jun 26, 5:39 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	36 min
Jun 26, 6:09 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	51 min
Jun 26, 6:22 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	3 hr
Jun 26, 6:37 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	38 min
Jun 26, 8:23 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	3 hr
Jun 26, 9:45 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	2 hr
Jun 27, 10:48 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
Jun 27, 11:03 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
Jun 27, 11:24 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		36 min
Jun 27, 12:04 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	26 min
Jun 27, 12:37 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	23 min
Jun 27, 12:47 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	28 min
Jun 27, 12:58 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Jun 27, 1:07 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	23 min
Jun 27, 1:10 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	35 min
Jun 27, 1:15 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	30 min
Jun 27, 1:40 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Jun 27, 1:46 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	29 min
Jun 27, 2:11 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Union	3 hr
Jun 27, 2:21 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Valencia	24 min
Jun 27, 2:26 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		34 min
Jun 27, 2:38 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Rio Arriba	3 hr
Jun 27, 3:11 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	34 min
Jun 27, 3:31 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	44 min
Jun 27, 3:34 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	41 min
Jun 27, 4:11 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora, Union	3 hr
Jun 27, 4:11 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	49 min
Jun 27, 4:15 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	45 min
Jun 27, 4:44 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	31 min
Jun 27, 4:52 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	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.