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Flash Flood Warning 183, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 12, 2025Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2025, 5:16 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 12, 2025, 5:16 PM MDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2025, 8:15 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 23:17 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 Aug 12, 12:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 12:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 2:09 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 2:47 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 3:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt38 min
Aug 11, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay37 min
Aug 11, 6:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRoosevelt19 min
Aug 11, 6:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca32 min
Aug 11, 7:16 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQRoosevelt119 min
Aug 11, 7:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Roosevelt23 min
Aug 11, 7:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt20 min
Aug 11, 7:25 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQSan Miguel99 min
Aug 11, 7:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry31 min
Aug 11, 8:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay34 min
Aug 11, 8:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay31 min
Aug 11, 8:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ46 min
Aug 11, 9:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay29 min
Aug 11, 9:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt43 min
Aug 11, 9:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay22 min
Aug 12, 2:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ36 min
Aug 12, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ28 min
Aug 12, 4:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCatron13 min
Aug 12, 5:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln3 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.