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Flash Flood Warning 211, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 2, 2025Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 2025, 3:17 PM MDT for Colfax 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
Sep 2, 2025, 3:17 PM MDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2025, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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 Sep 1, 5:24 PM MDT, 21 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 5:24 PM MDT, 21 hours 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax25 min
Sep 2, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax46 min
Sep 2, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax38 min
Sep 2, 3:45 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQColfax, Mora3 hr
Sep 2, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora31 min
Sep 2, 4:14 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMora3 hr
Sep 2, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax23 min
Sep 2, 4:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax3 hr
Sep 2, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax29 min
Sep 2, 5:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel30 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.