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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 5, 2025Chaves County, De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at May 5, 2025, 3:54 PM MDT for Chaves County, 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
May 5, 2025, 3:54 PM MDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2025, 6:52 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Chaves County, NM, De Baca County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 239 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2025-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 178 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2025-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
178 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 May 5, 3:30 PM MDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 3:30 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 5, 1:27 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
127 PM MDT Mon May 5 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     Hail             1 S Sedillo             35.08N 106.29W
05/04/2025  M0.75 Inch       Bernalillo         NM   NWS Employee

            Dime to penny size hail for 18 minutes
            turned ground white. Shredded leaves and
            garden.

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Local storm report, May 5, 1:54 PM MDT, 2 hours before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
154 PM MDT Mon May 5 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0154 PM     Hail             6 E Mesa                34.00N 104.57W
05/05/2025  M0.88 Inch       De Baca            NM   Trained Spotter

            dime to nickel size hail covering ground.

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CA
Local storm report, May 5, 2:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 5, 2:54 PM MDT, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, May 5, 3:15 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 5, 3:25 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo29 min
May 4, 6:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe36 min
May 4, 7:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance41 min
May 4, 8:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance3 hr
May 4, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance46 min
May 4, 9:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance41 min
May 4, 9:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel, Torrance55 min
May 4, 9:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLea33 min
May 4, 10:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln32 min
May 4, 10:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln41 min
May 4, 11:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln32 min
May 4, 11:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay28 min
May 5, 12:23 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval, Santa Fe2 hr
May 5, 12:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe31 min
May 5, 12:49 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln41 min
May 5, 1:11 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln34 min
May 5, 2:14 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca31 min
May 5, 2:26 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt49 min
May 5, 3:28 AM MDTFlood WatchABQChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 8 more39 hr
May 5, 3:28 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningABQColfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos43 hr
May 5, 10:31 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningABQColfax45 hr
May 5, 11:06 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe24 min
May 5, 11:08 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ37 min
May 5, 11:21 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Juan13 min
May 5, 11:42 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo33 min
May 5, 12:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln40 min
May 5, 1:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca48 min
May 5, 1:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca56 min
May 5, 2:10 PM MDTTornado WarningABQChaves, De Baca35 min
May 5, 2:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABQChaves, De Baca, Roosevelt35 min
May 5, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ30 min
May 5, 3:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt35 min
May 5, 4:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSanta Fe86 min
May 5, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Juan32 min
May 5, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe30 min
May 5, 5:16 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningABQColfax39 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.