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Flash Flood Warning 186, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 18, 2025Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2025, 12:37 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 18, 2025, 12:37 PM MDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2025, 3:30 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 18:36 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 17, 5:14 PM MDT, 19 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 5:14 PM MDT, 19 hours 23 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
Aug 18, 1:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr
Aug 18, 1:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Aug 18, 1:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	17 min
Aug 18, 2:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Aug 18, 5:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	31 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.