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Flash Flood Warning 117, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 22, 2025Los Alamos County, Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2025, 1:04 PM MDT for Los Alamos County, Sandoval 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: Jul 22, 2025, 1:04 PM MDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2025, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Sandoval County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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 Jul 21, 5:38 PM MDT, 19 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 5:38 PM MDT, 19 hours 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
Jul 21, 6:03 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 22, 2:53 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	3 hr
Jul 22, 12:52 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	4 hr
Jul 22, 1:00 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 22, 2:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	32 min
Jul 22, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	37 min
Jul 22, 5:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 22, 5:27 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	3 hr
Jul 22, 5:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	33 min
Jul 22, 5:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	32 min
Jul 22, 5:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	28 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.