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Flash Flood Warning 142, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 30, 2025Rio Arriba County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2025, 3:14 PM MDT for Rio Arriba County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 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 30, 2025, 3:14 PM MDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2025, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Rio Arriba County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 30, 2:37 PM MDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:37 PM MDT, 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 12:27 PM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 2:56 PM MDT, 18 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 29, 7:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 29, 7:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 29, 8:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	28 min
Jul 29, 8:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 29, 8:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 29, 9:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	3 hr
Jul 29, 10:59 PM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Mora and 5 more	30 hr
Jul 30, 1:29 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 30, 12:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	33 min
Jul 30, 12:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe	3 hr
Jul 30, 12:54 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr
Jul 30, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	30 min
Jul 30, 4:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	6 hr
Jul 30, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	37 min
Jul 30, 4:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	33 min
Jul 30, 4:20 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 30, 4:22 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 30, 4:30 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 30, 4:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Sandoval	16 min
Jul 30, 4:36 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 30, 5:02 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Catron	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.